Queen Street Baptist Church

Queen Street Baptist Church
Location 413 Brambleton Ave., Norfolk, Virginia
Coordinates 36°51′19″N 76°17′3″W / 36.85528°N 76.28417°W / 36.85528; -76.28417Coordinates: 36°51′19″N 76°17′3″W / 36.85528°N 76.28417°W / 36.85528; -76.28417
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1910 (1910)
Architect Mitchell, Rossell Edward
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference # 06000141[1]
VLR # 122-0165
Significant dates
Added to NRHP March 15, 2006
Designated VLR December 7, 2005[2]

Queen Street Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located at Norfolk, Virginia. It was built in 19101911, and is a rectangular one-story brick church in the Late Gothic Revival style. The façade and side elevations have Gothic pointed arch windows and the church is topped by a spire that rests atop the roof at the façade. An educational annex was built in 1952, and expanded in 1957. The Queen Street Baptist Church congregation dates to 1884.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Kimble A. David (August 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Queen Street Baptist Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos


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