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Court Street Baptist Church
Court Street Baptist Church, Lynchburg VA, November 2008
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia Coordinates: 37°24′58.24″N 79°8′50.07″W / 37.4161778°N 79.1472417°WCoordinates: 37°24′58.24″N 79°8′50.07″W / 37.4161778°N 79.1472417°W Built: 1879 Architect: Burkholder, Robert Calhoun Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 82004569 [1] Added to NRHP: July 8, 1982 The tallest object on the downtown skyline of Lynchburg, Virginia, Court Street Baptist Church stands as a testament to the black Baptist population of Lynchburg. Organized in 1843, the congregation—originally known as the African Baptist Church of Lynchburg—was the first of its kind in the city. The church was designed by R.C. Burkholder, and completed in 1880. It is the largest church structure in Lynchburg.[2]
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Court Street Baptist Church (Rear View), Lynchburg VA, November 2008
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Virginia African American Heritage Program". Court Street Baptist Church. Virginia African American Heritage Program. 2008-11-21. http://www.aaheritageva.org/search/sites.asp?MailingListID=146.
External links
- Virginia African American Heritage Program, Court Street Baptist Church
- National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form
- National Register Nomination: Court Street Baptist Church, Lynchburg photograph
- Court Street Baptist Church, Court & Sixth Streets, Lynchburg, VA: 1 photo, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page, at Historic American Buildings Survey
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Portal:National Register of Historic PlacesCategories:- Churches in Lynchburg, Virginia
- African American history by location
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Religious buildings completed in 1880
- 19th-century Baptist church buildings
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