Union Baptist Church (Baltimore, Maryland)

Union Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Baltimore City Landmark
Location	1219 Druid Hill Ave., Baltimore City, Maryland
Coordinates	39°18′6″N 76°37′42″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1905 (1905)
Architect	Beardsley, William J.
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	09001173
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 30, 2009
Designated BCL	2007

The Union Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church building located 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 under the leadership of Rev. Harvey Johnson. 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.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Central Baltimore

External links

• Union Baptist Church website
• Union Baptist Church, Baltimore City, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Union Baptist Church – Explore Baltimore Heritage