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Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church

Coordinates: 37°32′51″N 77°26′11″W / 37.54750°N 77.43639°W / 37.54750; -77.43639
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Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church
Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church, August 2011
Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church is located in Virginia
Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church
Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church is located in the United States
Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church
Location616 N. 3rd St., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates37°32′51″N 77°26′11″W / 37.54750°N 77.43639°W / 37.54750; -77.43639
Arealess than one acre
Built1857 (1857), 1875
Architectural styleGothic
NRHP reference No.75002117[1] (original)
100004265 (increase)
VLR No.127-0274
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 5, 1975
Boundary increaseAugust 7, 2019
Designated VLRFebruary 18, 1975[2]

Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located in Richmond, Virginia. It built in 1857, and remodeled in 1875. It is a large Victorian Gothic brick building with two-story towers flanking a central gable. The central gable and towers feature Gothic lancet windows.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, with an enlargement of the listing in 2019.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (January 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
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