Bethel Baptist Church (Midlothian, Virginia)

Coordinates: 37°30′43″N 77°42′41″W / 37.51194°N 77.71139°W / 37.51194; -77.71139
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Bethel Baptist Church
Huguenot Springs Bethel Baptist Church, September 2012
Bethel Baptist Church (Midlothian, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Bethel Baptist Church (Midlothian, Virginia)
Bethel Baptist Church (Midlothian, Virginia) is located in the United States
Bethel Baptist Church (Midlothian, Virginia)
Location1100 Huguenot Springs Rd., Midlothian, Virginia
Coordinates37°30′43″N 77°42′41″W / 37.51194°N 77.71139°W / 37.51194; -77.71139
Area20.1 acres (8.1 ha)
Built1894 (1894): 129 years ago
ArchitectWest, W.C
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.99000141[1]
VLR No.020-0111
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 22, 1999
Designated VLRSeptember 14, 1998[2]

Bethel Baptist Church is a historic church complex and cemetery located at Midlothian, Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was built in 1894, and is a brick church with a steeply pitched gable roof in the Late Gothic Revival style. It is the third church on this site. Wings were added to the original church in 1906, 1980, and 1987. Also on the property is the contributing church cemetery that includes approximately 500 burials including soldiers of virtually every war in American history from the American Revolutionary War through the Vietnam War.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References[edit]

  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. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Lucille C. Moseley (May 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bethel Baptist Church" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo