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Third Street Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

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c. 1857. 1875, addition. 1914, addition, Carl Ruehrmund. 614 N. 3rd St.
  • (Photograph by Morgan Riley, CC BY-SA 3.0)
  • (Courtesy Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries)

This rare pre–Civil War African American church has a twin-towered Gothic Revival facade. In 1875 spires were added to the towers, but they were later removed. The pedimented entrance was added in the early twentieth century.

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Author: 
Richard Guy Wilson et al.
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Richard Guy Wilson et al., "Third Street Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church", [Richmond, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-01-RI215.

Print Source

Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont, Richard Guy Wilson and contributors. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, 234-234.

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