Bethel Baptist Church - Midlothian, VA
Posted by: bluesnote
N 37° 30.582 W 077° 42.655
18S E 260389 N 4154870
This old church dates back to the 1700's.
Waymark Code: WMM26M
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2014
Views: 1
This church is located right off of Highway 60. The plaque says, "In 1799 the local Baptist Society acquired this land and soon built a meetinghouse. The Bethel congregation worshiped in the meetinghouse and was constituted as a church in 1817. About 1820 the members built a brick church here - - the first in Chesterfield County. The present sanctuary, which replaced it in 1894, was then the most elaborate rural church in the county, having Gothic buttresses, fine exterior detailing, and a rib-vaulted chancel. In the churchyard are buried soldiers of virtually every war from the Revolution through Vietnam."
County / Borough / Parish: Chesterfield
Year listed: 1999
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Historic function: Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current function: Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Street address: Not listed
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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