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Leigh Street Baptist Church

Coordinates: 37°32′1″N 77°25′0″W / 37.53361°N 77.41667°W / 37.53361; -77.41667
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Leigh Street Baptist Church
Leigh Street Baptist Church, July 2011
Leigh Street Baptist Church is located in Virginia
Leigh Street Baptist Church
Leigh Street Baptist Church is located in the United States
Leigh Street Baptist Church
Location517 N. 25th St., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates37°32′1″N 77°25′0″W / 37.53361°N 77.41667°W / 37.53361; -77.41667
Area9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1854 (1854)-1857
ArchitectSloan, Samuel
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.72001523[1]
VLR No.127-0011
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1972
Designated VLRNovember 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]

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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. ^ Elizabeth Cheek (July 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Leigh Street Baptist Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  4. ^ "CHURCH HILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH". Architecture Richmond. February 28, 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
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