National and State Register

First Baptist Church (Trinidad)

Las Animas County

This 1890 Late Victorian sandstone building, sometimes described as a “medieval fantasy,” shows great attention to detail and excellent stone work.  

A view of the light colored church with rounded steeple with tall conical roof on the left and gabled wall on the right above a circular window in the center over a row of arched windows.

First Baptist Church

It is the second commission of record for the architectural firm of Charles W. Bulger and Isaac Hamilton Rapp.  Although short lived, the firm designed several fine Trinidad buildings.