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Fourth Baptist Church

Coordinates: 37°32′9″N 77°24′36″W / 37.53583°N 77.41000°W / 37.53583; -77.41000
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Fourth Baptist Church
Fourth Baptist Church in 2018
Fourth Baptist Church is located in Virginia
Fourth Baptist Church
Fourth Baptist Church is located in the United States
Fourth Baptist Church
Location2800 P St., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates37°32′9″N 77°24′36″W / 37.53583°N 77.41000°W / 37.53583; -77.41000
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]

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]

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

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "AIA". www.aia.org. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  5. ^ "Former Richmond Mayor Leonidas Young dies". WTVR.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
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