{"nrhp_refnum":"90002114","name":"Second Presbyterian Church","other_names":["DHR File No. 123-42"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"419 W. Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Petersburg (Independent City)","county":"Petersburg","state":"VA","lat":37.22680395000003,"lon":-77.41019548999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-01-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Second Presbyterian Church is a Gothic Revival church at 419 West Washington Street, Petersburg, Virginia, built in 1861-1862 with stucco-covered brick walls and sandstone details.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the most significant Gothic church in Petersburg and, according to the authors of Virginia's Ante-Bellum Churches, the most rococo of the state's Gothic churches. Its intact interior includes iron ornament cast in Petersburg during the Civil War. The church is also tied to the war through its pastors Theodorick Pryor and John Miller and through events in the 1864-65 siege.","narrative":"Second Presbyterian Church, at the corner of West Washington and Lafayette streets in Petersburg, was built in 1861-1862 during the opening of the Civil War. Its stucco-covered brick walls, sandstone trim, buttresses, crenellated tower and stained glass follow Gothic Revival design, and its pastor, Theodorick Pryor, is credited as architect. The interior is unusual for the style, with a square plan, a flat ceiling, a ceiling pendant and medallions, and an ogival arch framing the apse and pulpit. Much of the ornament is iron cast by the Tappey and Lumsden Foundry in Petersburg. The first steeple fell in a storm in 1862, and later steeples were lost or replaced, the present one dating from 1984. The church was listed for its architecture and its Civil War associations, including pastor John Miller's service as a Confederate artillery captain and a Federal shell that lodged in its wall in 1865.","period_of_significance":"1861-1900","architect_builder":"Pryor, Theodorick","architectural_style":"Early Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a church; the steeple was rebuilt in 1984 and education wings were added over time.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.183068-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/4/6825/41682504/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/90002114.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"92000343","name":"Folly Castle Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/folly-castle-historic-district-boundary-increase-92000343/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682504","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Presbyterian_Church_(Petersburg,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713186"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/petersburg/second-presbyterian-church-90002114/"}