St. John's African Methodist Episcopal Church (Norfolk, Virginia)

St. John's AME Church is a historic congregation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1840, it was the first African American Episcopal Church in Virginia. It moved to its present location on East Bute Street in what is now Downtown Norfolk in 1848.[3]

St. John's African Methodist Episcopal Church
St. John's African Methodist Episcopal Church, September 2013
Location539-545 E. Bute St., Norfolk, Virginia
Coordinates36°51′6″N 76°16′58″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1888 (1888)
ArchitectCassell, Charles M.
Architectural styleRomanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.86003441[1]
VLR No.122-0211
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 1986
Designated VLROctober 14, 1986[2]

The historic church building was built in 1888, a red brick structure in the Richardsonian Romanesque style with a large, heavy and steeply pitched slate roof and two flanking towers. The building features a centered stone entrance portico, containing the main entrance to the church. The portico is built of light grey freestone in a style reminiscent of the ambulatory of a Romanesque abbey and consists of two large openings headed by semi-circular arches. The building houses a large sanctuary and horseshoe-shaped balcony with a seating capacity of 1,500 people. Also on the property is the contributing parsonage; a 2½-story, four-bay, brick dwelling in a simplified Second French Empire style.[4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. A Historic Landmark, Saint John's AME Church, retrieved December 21, 2015
  4. Lisbeth M. Coker (June 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. John's African Methodist Episcopal Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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