Fourth Baptist Church
Fourth Baptist Church is a Baptist church located in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1884, and is a three-story, Greek Revival style stuccoed brick structure. It features a distyle portico in antis elevated on a high podium. It consists of two unfluted Doric order columns and paired pilasters supporting a Doric entablature. Attached to the church is a Sunday School building erected in 1964.[3]
Fourth Baptist Church | |
 Fourth Baptist Church in 2018 | |
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| Location | 2800 P St., Richmond, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°32′9″N 77°24′36″W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1884 |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003291[1] |
| VLR No. | 127-0318 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 7, 1979 |
| Designated VLR | May 15, 1979[2] |
The addition was designed by Ethel Bailey Furman (1893-1976), the first Black woman to practice architecture in the Commonwealth of Virginia.[4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] A former pastor was Richmond mayor Leonidas B. Young, II, who was convicted of defrauding the city at one point during his career.[5]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (April 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fourth Baptist Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
- "AIA". www.aia.org. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- "Former Richmond Mayor Leonidas Young dies". WTVR.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
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