National Register of Historic Places

Lomax African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia
Listed
February 11, 2004
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
04000038

About this property

Lomax African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is an historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion church located at 2704 24th Rd. South in Arlington, Virginia. It was built in 1922, and is a one-story, three bay by six bay, brick church building on a parged concrete foundation. It features two unequal-sized crenellated towers and brick buttresses along the facade and side elevations in the Late Gothic Revival style. Also on the property are two contributing resources, including a cemetery dating from circa 1894, and a parsonage built in 1951. The cemetery contains approximately 107 interments. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

Location

2704 24th Rd. S
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia
38.84754, -77.08221

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Lomax African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church listed on the National Register?

Lomax African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 11, 2004.

What type of historic resource is Lomax African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church?

Lomax African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Lomax African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is recorded as the industrial era.

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