Diamond Hill Baptist Church
Historic church in Virginia, US
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Diamond Hill Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located at Lynchburg, Virginia. It was built in 1886, and is a three-story, L-shaped, brick church building in the Late Gothic Revival style. It has brick buttresses capped with limestone, Gothic pointed arched windows, a three-story entrance tower with steeple, and a jerkinhead roof. From 1958 to 1963 the pastor was Virgil Wood, the pastor most associated with the Civil Rights Movement in Lynchburg.[3]
Location1415 Grace St., Lynchburg, Virginia
Coordinates37°24′27″N 79°8′37″W
AreaLess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1937
Diamond Hill Baptist Church | |
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| Location | 1415 Grace St., Lynchburg, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°24′27″N 79°8′37″W |
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1937 |
| Architect | Lewis Bolling |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 11000026[1] |
| VLR No. | 118-0060-0057 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 22, 2011 |
| Designated VLR | December 16, 2010[2] |
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011,[1] it is located in the Diamond Hill Historic District.
