Monumental Methodist Church

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Monumental United Methodist Church
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Monumental Methodist Church
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Location450 Dinwiddie St., Portsmouth, Virginia
Coordinates 36°50′9″N76°18′10″W / 36.83583°N 76.30278°W / 36.83583; -76.30278 Coordinates: 36°50′9″N76°18′10″W / 36.83583°N 76.30278°W / 36.83583; -76.30278
Area0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built1874 (1874)-1876
ArchitectWest, Albert Lawrence
Architectural styleGothic
NRHP reference No. 03001430 [1]
VLR No.124-0034-0039
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 15, 2004
Designated VLRSeptember 10, 2002 [2]

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. [3]

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

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1] It is located in the Portsmouth Olde Towne Historic District.

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  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Stephanie A. T. Jacobe (June 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Monumental Methodist Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos