Washington Street Methodist Church - Petersburg, Virginia
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 37° 13.672 W 077° 24.154
18S E 286851 N 4122855
Historic Methodist church in Petersburg, Virginia
Waymark Code: WMT5HH
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/29/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
Views: 2

Washington Street Methodist Church

From Wikipedia:

Washington Street Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located at Petersburg, Virginia. It was built in 1842, and is a one-story with gallery, brick building in the Greek Revival style. It features a massive Greek Doric order pedimented tetrastyle portico added in 1890. Wings were added in 1922-1923, connected to the main building by columned hyphens.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

 The church continues to serve its congregation and appears to be in good condition The the church was founded in 1773.

Street address:
14--24 E. Washington St.
Petersburg, Virginia


County / Borough / Parish: Petersburg

Year listed: 1980

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering

Periods of significance: 1825-1849

Historic function: Religion

Current function: Religion

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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