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 1910–1911, 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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