Monumental Methodist Church

450 Dinwiddie St., Portsmouth (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Portsmouth.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 15, 2004. NRIS 03001430.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Dinwiddie Street Methodist Church
  • VDHR File # 124-0034-0039

From Wikipedia:

Monumental Methodist Church

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.

The church was heavily damaged by fire on January 3, 2018.

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

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682602

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