Mount Calvary Baptist Church

The Mount Calvary Baptist Church is a historic church at 11229 Kendall Road in Orange, Virginia. Built in 1892, it is a well-preserved example of a rural church built for African-Americans during the Jim Crow era. It is a frame structure with a metal roof and a projecting square tower topped by a pyramidal roof. The main entrance is at the center of the tower, set in a pointed-arch opening, matching those of windows on the facade on either side. Also on the property is a graveyard, established about 1919, with about 100 marked graves.[2]

Mount Calvary Baptist Church
View of church, April 2017
Mount Calvary Baptist Church is located in Virginia
Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Mount Calvary Baptist Church is located in the United States
Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Location11229 Kendall Rd., Orange, Virginia
Coordinates38°15′3″N 78°1′7″W / 38.25083°N 78.01861°W / 38.25083; -78.01861
Arealess than one acre
Built1892 (1892)
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.16000799[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 22, 2016

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Mount Calvary Baptist Church" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-10-22.