Cub Run Primitive Baptist Church
Title
Cub Run Primitive Baptist Church
Date
1895 – 2000 (possibly as early as 1854)
Description
Cub Run Primitive Church was a spiritual center of the Bull Run community, founded by African Americans descended from enslaved people manumitted by Robert Carter’s Deed of Gift. The present building was built on land donated by Anthony Harris in the late 19th century, but the congregation may be older.
Source
“A Matter of Faith and Plumbing.” Timothy Dwyer, Washington Post, Dec 26, 2002. Accessed via Washington Post Online Archives
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/12/26/a-matter-of-faith-and-plumbing/d20e2855- fc2a-4f61-9893-dfdda2e312e6/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/12/26/a-matter-of-faith-and-plumbing/d20e2855- fc2a-4f61-9893-dfdda2e312e6/
Historic Cub Run Primitive Baptist Church. Chrystal Gaskins, Anthony Matthews, Dorthea Spriggs, & Linneall Naylor. Unpublished manuscript. Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library.
Tri County Parkway Location Study Architectural Survey. Coastal Carolina Research, 2004. Accessed via the Virginia Department of Transportation
https://www.virginiadot.org/projects/resources/tcparchitecturalsurveymay2004.pdf
https://www.virginiadot.org/projects/resources/tcparchitecturalsurveymay2004.pdf
Location
15602 Compton Rd, Centreville, VA 20121
District
Sully
Additional Notes
Church has a cemetery
Photo Credit
Courtesy of Maddy McCoy, Slavery Inventory Database, LLC
Files
Collection
Citation
“Cub Run Primitive Baptist Church,” Fairfax County African American History Inventory, accessed October 24, 2026, https://fairfaxaahi.centerformasonslegacies.com/items/show/161.