Bethel Baptist Church - Midlothian, VA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 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
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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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