Fourth Baptist Church
Historic church in Virginia, US
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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.[3]
Fourth Baptist Church | |
Fourth Baptist Church in 2018 | |
  Location within Virginia  Location within the United States | |
| Location | 2800 P St., Richmond, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 37°32′9″N 77°24′36″W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1884 |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003291[1] |
| VLR No. | 127-0318 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 7, 1979 |
| Designated VLR | May 15, 1979[2] |
The addition was designed by Ethel Bailey Furman (1893-1976), the first Black woman to practice architecture in the Commonwealth of Virginia.[4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] A former pastor was Richmond mayor Leonidas B. Young, II, who was convicted of defrauding the city at one point during his career.[5]
