Churches

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Churches

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A collection of churches and other religious buildings

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Cartersville Baptist Church
An African American congregation has worshipped here continuously since the Civil War. Although the current building is not the original building, it is on the same site and still in use as a Baptist Church. Cartersville Baptist Church is the oldest…

First Baptist Church of Vienna
First Baptist Church of Vienna (FBCV), founded in 1867, is the first and oldest church in Vienna, Virginia, founded by several African Americans working on a Vienna farm owned by Major O.E. Hine.
Seeing their desire to hold religious services, in…

In 1901, the First Baptist Church of Vienna, Virginia petitioned to move its location from Lawyers Road; and build a new edifice in another part of the city (Vienna). A committee, composed of Deacon Andrew W. Minor, Brother James Harper, Brother…

The church was organized in 1863 in people’s homes under the leadership of the former enslaved Reverend Samuel K. Taylor. In 1865, the first church building was erected and named Bethlehem. The original structure, built of lumber donated from a…

The church was formed in 1953 in the rural Spring Bank area as a mission of Mount Olive Baptist Church and Antioch Baptist Church. Land was purchased in 1954 and the buildings were completed by 1956. Reverend William Burruss led the church for the…

The church was founded in 1846 as Annandale’s Methodist Episcopal Church on farmland deeded by William Garges. The church was destroyed during the Civil War and rebuilt in 1870. The small white frame church was built by Thomas Walker and included a…

In 1955, Congregational Church members met to establish a church in Northern Virginia where all races could worship. They met in the Annandale Elementary School, openly defying the Virginia Law that required segregated seating in public assemblies.…

In 1867 freed formerly enslaved people moved to Alexandria (part of Fairfax County) where Charles H. Brown sold them 60 acres of land. Charles and Eliza Brown of Westchester, New York also deeded one acre of land to the “Freed Men of Fairfax County.”…

Shiloh Baptist Church-According to tradition, African Americans from the Mason Neck area and others who had recently moved to Virginia from Maryland formed a religious congregation in 1869. They built a log church on the north side of Gunston Road in…

In 1866, the first Woodlawn United Methodist church was built on a plot of land adjacent to where the current cemetery exists. The land was donated by a Quaker neighbor, Joseph Cox in response to a request from William Holland. The church was built…

Frying Pan Meeting House and Burial Grounds
From the National Register:
During the 18th and early 19th centuries, Baptists were among the few religious groups in Virginia that were openly accepting of African Americans. Frying Pan Meetinghouse is one of the state’s oldest surviving Baptist…

Under the leadership of Reverend Cyrus Carter, founder of the First Baptist Church Lincolnsville, Black residents living along the corridor of Lewinsville Road, organized in 1872 to form the Shiloh Baptist Church. The initial services were held…

A Black woman, Lettie Ellis Ford, dedicated one acre of property that was given to her for the construction of a church. A white framed church was built on the site along Georgetown Pike in 1903.

Pleasant Grove Church
Pleasant Grove Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1882 with seven trustees: Samuel Sharper, John Willard, Elmead Sharper, William Sharper, William Hatcher, William Harris, and William Grayson. Initial services were held in Odrick’s School…

A small wooden church and adjoining cemetery was built in 1898 on one acre of land just off Walker Road, along today’s Millstead Road.

Gunnell’s Chapel was constructed in 1877 as a small one-room clapboard house of worship along Georgetown Pike on land donated by the Robert Gunnell family. The church was built directly beside the Langley Toll House. It served as a place for worship…

Chesterbrook United Methodist Church and Cemetery
The church was founded in 1866 by Cyrus Carter, a Haitian immigrant, as the First Baptist Church Lincolnville. The church building was erected on property donated by Carter who had purchased the land from General John S. Crocker. It was renamed First…

In 1904, Sideburn resident David R. Pinn donated land for a church. At first, the community met under a tent on the property. By 1918, a building had been built. During the week, the pews were converted into desks and the building was used as a…

Little Zion Baptist Church
In 1891, the white frame Little Zion Baptist Church was built for $25 by formerly enslaved people.

John “Jack” Pearson donated land to build a church. The congregation members, who were known as Old School Baptist Group of Black and Whites, chose…

First Baptist Church of Merrifield
On September 18, 2021, First Baptist celebrated its 151st homecoming anniversary celebration weekend, marking 151 years of providing spiritual leadership, community outreach, and opportunities for worship in the Baptist tradition to residents of…

In 1867, African Americans built Galloway United Methodist Church and established the historic cemetery. (Note: A church history states that in 1862 the Methodists acquired the property.) Baptists and Methodists worshipped together before…

Second Baptist Church of Falls Church and Cemetery
The red-brick building with steep-pitched roof and cupola-shaped bell tower was built in 1926. It has a brick 1970 addition for church activities and offices. Old one-story building has full basement, 10,800 sq. ft. Both roofs are shingled.
Elder…

Clifton Primitive Baptist Church
The church was built c. 1871 on land bequeathed by the former owner to emancipated enslaved persons. The one room, white frame building was also used as a school for the African American children in the area. The church is the oldest church in the…

The white frame church was preceded by the brick church Payne’s Church, an original colonial Anglican Church. That church building went unused after the American Revolution. It is believed that Baptists may have started meeting there as early as…

In the early 1900s, the Little Bethel Church was started as a mission church by the members of Little Zion Baptist Church on Burke Lake Road. The church was built on land donated by David R. Pinn.
A cemetery is located on the south side of the David…
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