- Source: Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church
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.
History
= background
=The sanctuary was started in 1867 by John Jasper. 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.
In 1878 Jasper delivered his controversial "De Sun Do Move" (The Sun Do Move) sermon at the church.
= Structure
=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.
Expansion
In 1925, the church was remodeled and extended by an African American architect named Charles Thaddeus Russell.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Baptis Primitif
- Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church
- Mount Zion Baptist Church
- Mount Zion Baptist Church (Arlington, Virginia)
- Jackson Ward
- Charles Thaddeus Russell
- Primitive Baptists
- Richmond, Virginia
- John Jasper
- List of Baptist churches
- List of African-American historic places
