Leigh Street Baptist Church Explained

Leigh Street Baptist Church
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:November 16, 1971[1]
Designated Other1 Number:127-0011
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other2:Richmond City Historic District
Designated Other2 Name:Richmond City Historic District
Designated Other2 Link:Richmond,_Virginia#Historic_Districts
Location:517 N. 25th St., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates:37.5336°N -77.4167°W
Built:-1857
Architect:Sloan, Samuel
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:March 16, 1972
Refnum:72001523

Leigh Street Baptist Church, also known as Church Hill Presbyterian Church, is a historic Southern Baptist church in Church Hill North Historic District which is in Richmond, Virginia. It was designed by architect Samuel Sloan and built between 1854 and 1857. It is a three-story, Greek Revival style stuccoed brick structure. It features a Grecian Doric, pedimented portico with six fluted columns and a full entablature which continues around the side of the church. Additions were made in 1911, 1917, and 1930.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. In 2021, the Baptist congregation transferred its building to Church Hill Presbyterian Church, a church plant of the Presbyterian Church in America.[3]

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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: Leigh Street Baptist Church. Elizabeth Cheek . July 1971. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  3. Web site: CHURCH HILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH . Architecture Richmond . 20 June 2024 . February 28, 2023.