Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church

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Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church
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Location14 W. Duval St., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates 37°33′2″N77°26′19″W / 37.55056°N 77.43861°W / 37.55056; -77.43861
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1867 (1867), 1925
ArchitectRussell, Charles T.; Boyd, George, et al.
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
Website Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church
NRHP reference No. 96001445 [1]
VLR No.127-0472
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 16, 1996
Designated VLRJune 19, 1996 [2]

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. [1]

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History

background

The sanctuary was started in 1867 by John Jasper. [3] 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. [4]

In 1878 Jasper delivered his controversial "De Sun Do Move" (The Sun Do Move) sermon at the church. [5]

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. [6]

Expansion

In 1925, [7] the church was remodeled and extended by an African American architect named Charles Thaddeus Russell. [8]

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