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Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church

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Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church, Richmond, Virginia
Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church, Richmond, Virginia

Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located in Richmond, Virginia. It built in 1857, and remodeled in 1875. It is a large Victorian Gothic brick building with two-story towers flanking a central gable. The central gable and towers feature Gothic lancet windows.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, with an enlargement of the listing in 2019.

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Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church
East Leigh Street, Richmond Jackson Ward

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East Leigh Street 210
23219 Richmond, Jackson Ward
Virginia, United States
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Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church, Richmond, Virginia
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