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Henry Wadsworth Longfellowâs famous words, âHardly a man is now alive (or a woman either for that matter) who remembers that famous day and year.â This quote, which refers to the midnight ride of Paul Revere, could just as easily be applied to the construction of our subject for today, Second Baptist Church on West Seventh Street. Unless we have Christian County residents well in excess of 100 years of age, no one remembers the first bricks being put into place. Construction of Second Baptist Churchâs old sanctuary (known today by its members as Duncan Chapel) began exactly 100 years ago in 1921, and is in the neoclassical Greek style, complete with columns in antis. A signature feature of Greek architecture, columns in antis are columns that exist between two end elements, which elements are an integral part of the building itself. The result is a recessed porch, and Second Baptist Church provides us with a fine example of that design feature. At the time ....