Union Baptist Church (Baltimore, Maryland) Explained

Union Baptist Church
Location:1219 Druid Hill Ave., Baltimore City, Maryland
Coordinates:39.3017°N -76.6283°W
Architect:Beardsley, William J.
Architecture:Late Gothic Revival
Added:December 30, 2009
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:09001173
Mapframe:yes
Designated Other1:BCL
Designated Other1 Abbr:BCL
Designated Other1 Date:2007

The Union Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church building located at 1219 Druid Hill Avenue in central Baltimore, Maryland. The granite church was designed by New York architect William J. Beardsley and built in 1905 under the leadership of Rev. Harvey Johnson. The Gothic Revival structure features steeply pitched roofs, lancet windows, and distinctive buttressing on the front facade to provide support for the walls on a constrained lot size. The church was built for a predominantly African-American congregation established in 1852; its minister from 1872 to 1923, Rev. Harvey Johnson, was a prominent voice in the civil rights movement.[1]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

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  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Union Baptist Church. June 2009. 2016-03-01 . Stefan Goodwin and Dean R. Wagner. Maryland Historical Trust.