Fourth Baptist Church Explained

Fourth Baptist Church
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:May 15, 1979[1]
Designated Other1 Number:127-0318
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:2800 P St., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates:37.5358°N -77.41°W
Architecture:Gothic Revival
Added:September 7, 1979
Refnum:79003291

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.[2]

The addition was designed by Ethel Bailey Furman (1893-1976), the first Black woman to practice architecture in the Commonwealth of Virginia.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. A former pastor was Richmond mayor Leonidas B. Young, II, who was convicted of defrauding the city at one point during his career.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fourth Baptist Church. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff . April 1979 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  3. Web site: AIA. 2021-03-12. www.aia.org.
  4. Web site: Former Richmond Mayor Leonidas Young dies. WTVR.com. 17 January 2016.