Fourth Baptist Church facts for kids
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Fourth Baptist Church
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Fourth Baptist Church in 2018
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 Location in Virginia
Location in the United States
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| Location | 2800 P St., Richmond, Virginia |
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| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1884 |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003291 |
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| Added to NRHP | September 7, 1979 |
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.
The addition was designed by Ethel Bailey Furman (1893-1976), the first Black woman to practice architecture in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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.
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