According to the keystone below this gilded dome, the First Baptist Church of Tampa started in 1859. Eight years later, the South Florida Baptist Association was formed. In 1911, 19 of the 51 churches that were members of the SFBA split to create the Tampa Bay Baptist Association. This exquisite building was erected in 1923 along what is now called West Kennedy Boulevard. It is one of 150 churches that are part of TBBA.
