Monumental Methodist Church

Monumental United Methodist Church

Monumental Methodist Church
Location 450 Dinwiddie St., Portsmouth, Virginia
Coordinates 36°50′9″N 76°18′10″W / 36.83583°N 76.30278°W / 36.83583; -76.30278Coordinates: 36°50′9″N 76°18′10″W / 36.83583°N 76.30278°W / 36.83583; -76.30278
Area 0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built 1874 (1874)-1876
Architect West, Albert Lawrence
Architectural style Gothic
NRHP Reference # 03001430[1]
VLR # 124-0034-0039
Significant dates
Added to NRHP January 15, 2004
Designated VLR September 10, 2002[2]

Monumental United Methodist Church, formerly known as Dinwiddie Street Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist church located in Portsmouth, Virginia. It is a five-bay brick and stucco, Victorian Gothic style church. It is features a 182 feet tall, two part central tower. The church was built between 1871 and 1876 on the foundations of an earlier 1831 building that had burned in 1864.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1] It is located in the Portsmouth Olde Towne Historic District.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Stephanie A. T. Jacobe (June 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Monumental Methodist Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos


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