Diamond Hill Baptist Church

Diamond Hill Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	1415 Grace St., Lynchburg, Virginia
Coordinates	37°24′27″N 79°8′37″W
Area	Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1937 (1937)
Architect	Lewis Bolling
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	11000026[1]
VLR No.	118-0060-0057
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 22, 2011
Designated VLR	December 16, 2010[2]

Diamond Hill Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located at Lynchburg, Virginia. It was built in 1886, and is a three-story, L-shaped, brick church building in the Late Gothic Revival style. It has brick buttresses capped with limestone, Gothic pointed arched windows, a three-story entrance tower with steeple, and a jerkinhead roof. From 1958 to 1963 the pastor was Virgil Wood, the pastor most associated with the Civil Rights Movement in Lynchburg.^[3]

Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011,^[1] it is located in the Diamond Hill Historic District.

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/22/11 through 2/25/11. National Park Service. 2011-03-04.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
3. Kelvin L. Moore (May 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Diamond Hill Baptist Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos