Bethel Baptist Church (Midlothian, Virginia) Explained

Bethel Baptist Church
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 14, 1998[1]
Designated Other1 Number:020-0111
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:1100 Huguenot Springs Rd., Midlothian, Virginia
Coordinates:37.5119°N -77.7114°W
Built:

129 years ago

Architect:West, W.C
Architecture:Late Gothic Revival
Added:February 22, 1999
Refnum:99000141

Bethel Baptist Church is a historic church complex and cemetery located at Midlothian, Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was built in 1894, and is a brick church with a steeply pitched gable roof in the Late Gothic Revival style. It is the third church on this site. Wings were added to the original church in 1906, 1980, and 1987. Also on the property is the contributing church cemetery that includes approximately 500 burials including soldiers of virtually every war in American history from the American Revolutionary War through the Vietnam War.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bethel Baptist Church . Lucille C. Moseley. May 1998. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo