Q. Is the First Baptist Church spire the tallest church in Wilmington?

NW corner of Market Street and Fifth Avenue

• 197 feet or 60.0456 meters from sidewalk to top of spire
• The spire is the same height as the one that toppled over in 1996 during Hurricane Fran.
• The taller spire was replaced at the same height it was in its original state – 197 feet.
• It was completed originally in 1861 and was completed the second time in 1998.
• The First Baptist Church eastern spire was said to be the tallest church spire in the United States, according to Tony P. Wrenn in his 1984 book Wilmington, N.C.: An Architectural and Historical Portrait.
• First Presbyterian Church comes in close second with 172 feet or 52.4256 meters from sidewalk to the top of the rooster on the spire.