Lomax African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

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Lomax African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
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Lomax African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, September 2012
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Location2704 24th Rd. S, Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates 38°50′51″N77°4′57″W / 38.84750°N 77.08250°W / 38.84750; -77.08250
Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built1894, 1922
ArchitectWest, Thomas,; Gray, Leonard, et al.
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 04000038 [1]
VLR No.000-1148
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 11, 2004
Designated VLRDecember 3, 2003 [2]

Lomax African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is an historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion church located at 2704 24th Rd. South in Arlington, Virginia. It was built in 1922, and is a one-story, three bay by six bay, brick church building on a parged concrete foundation. It features two unequal-sized crenellated towers and brick buttresses along the facade and side elevations in the Late Gothic Revival style. Also on the property are two contributing resources, including a cemetery dating from circa 1894, and a parsonage built in 1951. The cemetery contains approximately 107 interments. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1]

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References

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  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. Kristie Baynard, EHT Traceries, Inc. (April 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Registration Form: Lomax African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church" (PDF). Arlington County, Virginia, government.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) and Accompanying four photos