Fourth Baptist Church

Fourth Baptist Church is a historic African-American 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, August 2012
Location2800 P St., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates37°32′9″N 77°24′36″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1884 (1884)
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.79003291[1]
VLR No.127-0318
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 7, 1979
Designated VLRMay 15, 1979[2]

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 church at one point during his career.[4]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. 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
  4. "Former Richmond Mayor Leonidas Young dies". WTVR.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.


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