Seventeenth Street Baptist Church

Seventeenth Street Baptist Church is a church in Roanoke, Southwest Virginia, Virginia. Seventeenth Street Baptist Church is situated nearby to the neighborhood Kenwood, as well as near the quarter Wasena.

Type: Church
Denomination: Baptist
Also known as: “Seventeenth Street Baptist Chapl”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Taubman Museum of Art and Gainsboro Branch Library.

Taubman Museum of Art

Museum

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The Taubman Museum of Art, formerly the Art Museum of Western Virginia, is an art museum in downtown Roanoke, Virginia, United States. Formally established in 1951, the museum was housed in several locations around Roanoke before moving in 2008 to its current home, a contemporary architecture building designed by Randall Stout. Taubman Museum of Art is situated 1 mile west of Seventeenth Street Baptist Church.

Gainsboro Branch Library

Library

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The Gainsboro Branch Library is a historic library building located in the Gainsboro neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It was built in 1941–1942 and is a one-story, seven-bay brick building built with an L-plan and gabled roof, and designed in the Tudor Revival style. Gainsboro Branch Library is situated 1 mile west of Seventeenth Street Baptist Church.

Basilica of St. Andrew

Church

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The Basilica of St. Andrew, also known as St. Andrew's Catholic Church, is a historic Catholic church and rectory in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It was built in 1900-1902, and is a buff brick church on a stone foundation in the High Victorian Gothic style. Basilica of St. Andrew is situated 1 mile west of Seventeenth Street Baptist Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kenwood and Vinton.

Kenwood

Neighborhood

Kenwood is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in southeast Roanoke, along the north bank of the Roanoke River. It borders the neighborhoods of Morningside on the west, Fallon on the north, Riverdale on the south and the Town of Vinton on the east.

Vinton

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Vinton is a town in eastern Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. The population was 8,059 at the 2020 census. Vinton is part of the Roanoke metropolitan area and the Roanoke Region of Virginia.

Wasena

Quarter

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Wasena is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in south, central Roanoke bisected by U.S. Route 221, immediately to the south of the Roanoke River. Wasena is situated 2½ miles southwest of Seventeenth Street Baptist Church.

Seventeenth Street Baptist Church

Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Roanoke, Southwest Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.2768° or 37° 16′ 37″ north

Longitude

-79.92088° or 79° 55′ 15″ west

Elevation

928 feet (283 metres)

Open location code

879273GH+PJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356593275

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=baptist

GeoNames ID

4784927

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