Prospect in Prince Edward County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Sulphur Spring Baptist Church

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 12, 2012

1. Sulphur Spring Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. According to local tradition, the Sulphur Spring Baptist Church was founded in 1867, when services were held in a brush arbor. During the Reconstruction period, formerly enslaved African Americans formed congregations throughout the South similar to this church. By 1876 a log structure had been built and in that year the congregation purchased the one-acre tract of land on which it stood. The founding members of the church included Phillip Harris, William Wright, Alex Scott, William Green, and Daniel Carter. The first frame structure was built in 1900 and used until 1914 when the original part of the current church was constructed.

Erected 2001 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number M-30.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1867.

Location. 37° 16.333′ N, 78° 35.426′ W. Marker is in Prospect, Virginia, in Prince Edward County. It is at the intersection of Sulphur Spring

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Road (County Route 657) and Oak Hill Road (County Route 615), on the right when traveling west on Sulphur Spring Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Prospect VA 23960, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Piedmont,

in Southside Virginia,

and specifically in Central Virginia.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: High Bridge Trail State Park (approx. 1.7 miles away); Vernon Johns (approx. 4.9 miles away); Appomattox County / Prince Edward County (approx. 4.9 miles away); Clay Smoking Pipes (approx. 5.3 miles away); About Hampden-Sydney College (approx. 7.4 miles away); Hampden-Sydney College (approx. 7.4 miles

Sulphur Spring Road (facing west) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 12, 2012

2. Sulphur Spring Road (facing west)

away); Hampden-Sydney (approx. 7.4 miles away); Everett Stadium (approx. 7.4 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Hampden-Sydney College (was approx. 7.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Sulphur Spring Baptist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 12, 2012

3. Sulphur Spring Baptist Church

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 951 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 14, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.