Second Presbyterian Church is a historic

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located at 5 N. 5th Street in

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. It was designed by architect

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and was built in 1848. It is a brick veneer

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style church with

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s and a square pinnacled tower with an arched entrance at the front of the church. an
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in 1972.

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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States Presbyterian churches in Virginia Churches in Richmond, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Richmond, Virginia Gothic Revival church buildings in Virginia Churches completed in 1848 {{Virginia-Presbyterian-church-stub