Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and Cemetery Listed in National Register of Historic Places

The church and cemetery are significant because they were and remain today as the heart and soul of The Settlement, an area established by formerly enslaved people following the Civil War.

The National Register listing is an honorary designation that recognizes the nation's historic places that are significant, including individual buildings, sites, structures, objects and historic districts.

On Dec. 10, 2020, the Virginia Board of Historic Resources listed the church and cemetery in the Virginia Landmarks Register. The Register is the Commonwealth's official list of places of historic, architectural, archaeological and/or cultural significance.

Visit the National Register website to view Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and Cemetery in the National Register of Historic Places. To see the church and cemetery listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register, visit the Historic African American Sites in Virginia webpage.