Leigh Street Baptist Church

Historic church in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Leigh Street Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Richmond City Historic District

Leigh Street Baptist Church, July 2011
37°32′1″N 77°25′0″W / 37.53361°N 77.41667°W / 37.53361; -77.41667
Area	9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1854 (1854)-1857
Architect	Sloan, Samuel
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	72001523^[1]
VLR No.	127-0011
Added to NRHP	March 16, 1972
Designated VLR	November 16, 1971^[2]

Leigh Street Baptist Church, also known as Church Hill Presbyterian Church, is a historic Southern Baptist church in Church Hill North Historic District which is in Richmond, Virginia. It was designed by architect Samuel Sloan and built between 1854 and 1857. It is a three-story, Greek Revival style stuccoed brick structure. It features a Grecian Doric, pedimented portico with six fluted columns and a full entablature which continues around the side of the church. Additions were made in 1911, 1917, and 1930.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.^[1] In 2021, the Baptist congregation transferred its building to Church Hill Presbyterian Church, a church plant of the Presbyterian Church in America.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^ Elizabeth Cheek (July 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Leigh Street Baptist Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
^ "CHURCH HILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH". Architecture Richmond. February 28, 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.