6th and Court Sts., Lynchburg (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Lynchburg.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 08, 1982. NRIS 82004569.
1 contributing building.
The tallest object on the downtown skyline of Lynchburg, Virginia, Court Street Baptist Church serves the black Baptist population of Lynchburg. Organized in 1843, the congregation—originally known as the African Baptist Church of Lynchburg—was the first of its kind in the city. The church was designed by R.C. Burkholder, and completed in 1880.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681791