Zion Methodist Church, Norfolk

Name: Zion Methodist Church
Address: Norfolk, United States

#76 among attractions in Norfolk

Church, Romanesque architecture

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Zion Methodist Church, now known as Norfolk United Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist church located at Norfolk, Virginia. It was built in 1896–1897, and is a modest one-story brick church topped by a side-gable roof in the Romanesque Revival style. The front façade is three-bays wide, and dominated by a projecting bay flanked by towers of differing heights. The annex was added in 1916 and is accessed by three overhead roll-up doors and consists of an open mezzanine with offices, offices and meeting spaces below, and serves for additional sanctuary space. Zion Methodist Church was founded in 1793, and is one of the first Methodist churches founded in Norfolk, Virginia. ()

Built: 1896 (128 years ago)Coordinates: 36°52'41"N, 76°18'15"W

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Lamberts PointNorfolk United States

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Zion Methodist Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Chartway Arena, West Point Cemetery, Stockley Gardens Arts Festival, Elmwood Cemetery.

0.4 miN
Sport venue, Sport, Concerts and shows
Chartway Arena, Norfolk
12 min walk • Chartway Arena at the Ted Constant Convocation Center is a 219,330-square-foot, multi-purpose arena in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, on the campus of Old Dominion University. It is operated by Spectra Venue Management.
1.6 miSE
Cemetery
West Point Cemetery, Norfolk
41 min walk • West Point Cemetery, also known as Potter's Field and Calvary Cemetery, is a historic cemetery and national historic district located at Norfolk, Virginia.
1.3 miS
36°51'37"N • 76°17'54"W
Stockley Gardens Arts Festival, Norfolk
33 min walk • Park
1.7 miSE
Gothic Revival architecture, Cemetery, Greek Revival architecture
Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk
43 min walk • Elmwood Cemetery is a historic municipal cemetery located at Norfolk, Virginia. It was established in 1853, and is filled with monuments and mausoleums that embody the pathos and symbolism of the Christian view of death as a temporary sleep. A notable monument is the Recording Angel by William Couper at the Couper Family plot.
1.1 miSE
Neighbourhood, Greek Revival architecture
North Ghent, Norfolk
29 min walk • The North Ghent Historic District is a national historic district located at Norfolk, Virginia. It encompasses 322 contributing buildings in a primarily residential section of Norfolk.
0.5 miSE
36°52'18"N • 76°17'56"W
Mermaid Factory, Norfolk
14 min walk • Museum, Arts and crafts
0.5 miN
36°53'7"N • 76°18'2"W
ODU Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries, Norfolk
14 min walk • Museum
1 miNE
Neighbourhood, Colonial revival architecture
Colonial Place, Norfolk
26 min walk • Colonial Place is a residential neighborhood in Norfolk, Virginia. It is a peninsula bordered by 38th Street on the south, and surrounded on three sides by the Lafayette River.
1.2 miN
Neighbourhood
Larchmont-Edgewater, Norfolk
30 min walk • Larchmont-Edgewater is a residential neighborhood in Norfolk, Virginia, located approximately five miles north of downtown. It was mostly Norfolk County farmland when it was founded in 1906.
0.5 miN
Universities and schools
Old Dominion University, Norfolk
14 min walk • Old Dominion University is a public research university in Norfolk, Virginia. It was established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary and is now one of the largest universities in Virginia with an enrollment of 24,176 students for the 2019 academic year.
0.8 miN
Sport venue, Sport, Football
Foreman Field, Norfolk
21 min walk • Kornblau Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium, formerly Foreman Field, is a 22,480-seat multi-purpose stadium on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.

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Which popular attractions are close to Zion Methodist Church?

Nearby attractions include Old Dominion University, Norfolk (14 min walk), Mermaid Factory, Norfolk (14 min walk), ODU Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries, Norfolk (14 min walk), Norfolk and Western Railroad Historic District, Norfolk (17 min walk).