Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church | |
Location | 14 W. Duval St., Richmond, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°33′2″N 77°26′19″W / 37.55056°N 77.43861°W |
Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
Built | 1867 | , 1925
Architect | Russell, Charles T.; Boyd, George, et al. |
Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
Website | Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church |
NRHP reference No. | 96001445 [1] |
VLR No. | 127-0472 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 16, 1996 |
Designated VLR | June 19, 1996 [2] |
Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located in Richmond, Virginia. The church was founded in 1867. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1]
The sanctuary was started in 1867 by John Jasper. [3] The church began as a confederate horse stable which was situated on Brown's Island. The church congregation moved to 14 Duval Street in 1869, and in the 1880s a sanctuary was added by George W. Boyd. [4]
In 1878 Jasper delivered his controversial "De Sun Do Move" (The Sun Do Move) sermon at the church. [5]
It is a two-story, Late Gothic Revival style stuccoed brick structure. It features a large off-center tower that houses the church bell in belfry and accommodates a large stairwell to the gallery. Attached to the sanctuary is the two-level Jasper Memorial Education Annex added in 1925. [6]
In 1925, [7] the church was remodeled and extended by an African American architect named Charles Thaddeus Russell. [8]