Mt. Sinai Baptist Church (Suffolk, Virginia) Explained

Mount Sinai Baptist Church
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 6, 2006[1]
Designated Other1 Number:133-5249
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:36.6392°N -76.8294°W
Built:1920, 1921
Architect:Richard H. Riedel
Architecture:Gothic
Added:March 20, 2007
Refnum:07000193

Mount Sinai Baptist Church, also known as Mount Sinai Baptist Church and Cemetery, is a historic African-American Baptist church and cemetery located at 6100 Holy Neck Road in Suffolk, Virginia. It was built in 1921 by members of the church who were brick masons in the Victorian Gothic Revival style. It features a two towered façade, pointed Gothic-arched windows of stained glass imported from Germany, and prominent Classical porch. The church replaced a frame church erected in 1881. Associated with the church is a cemetery established about 1920.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

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: Mount Sinai Baptist Church . Kimble A. David . June 2006. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos