Union Baptist Church (Baltimore, Maryland)
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| Location | 1219 Druid Hill Ave., Baltimore City, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°18′6″N 76°37′42″W / 39.30167°N 76.62833°WCoordinates: 39°18′6″N 76°37′42″W / 39.30167°N 76.62833°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1905 |
| Architect | Beardsley, William J. |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 09001173[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 30, 2009 |
The Union Baptist Church is a historic church building at 1219 Druid Hill Avenue in central Baltimore, Maryland. The granite church was designed by New York architect William J. Beardsley and built in 1905. The Gothic Revival structure features steeply pitched roofs, lancet windows, and distinctive buttressing on the front facade to provide support for the walls on a constrained lot size. The church was built for a predominantly African-American congregation established in 1852; its minister from 1872 to 1923, Rev. Harvey Johnson, was a prominent voice in the civil rights movement.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ "Union Baptist Church". Maryland Historic Trust. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
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