Old Town West in Alexandria, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Third Baptist Church
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 5, 2019
1. Third Baptist Church Marker
Inscription.
Third Baptist Church. . Alexandria, occupied by Union troops in 1861, attracted many African Americans escaping slavery. In Jan. 1864, a group of formerly enslaved people organized Third Freedmen's Baptist Church (later Third Baptist Church). The congregation moved to this site in 1865 and built its Romanesque Revival sanctuary in the 1890s. The church's first minister was the Rev. George Washington Parker (ca. 1832-1873), who had been free before the Civil War. He worked with the Rev. Clement Robinson to start the First Select Colored School in 1862, was a local Republican Party leader during Reconstruction and was the first African American member of the Alexandria Common Council.
Alexandria, occupied by Union troops in 1861, attracted many African Americans escaping slavery. In Jan. 1864, a group of formerly enslaved people organized Third Freedmen's Baptist Church (later Third Baptist Church). The congregation moved to this site in 1865 and built its Romanesque Revival sanctuary in the 1890s. The church's first minister was the Rev. George Washington Parker (ca. 1832-1873), who had been free before the Civil War. He worked with the Rev. Clement Robinson to start the First Select Colored School in 1862, was a local Republican Party leader during Reconstruction and was the first African American member of the Alexandria Common Council.
Erected 2018 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number E-147.)
Location. 38° 48.537′ N, 77° 2.956′ W. Marker is in Alexandria, Virginia. It is in Old Town West. Marker is on Princess Street just east of North Patrick Street (U.S. 1), on the left when traveling east
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. The marker stands in the Old Town West neighborhood of Alexandria. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 917 Princess Street, Alexandria VA 22314, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 5, 2019
2. Third Baptist Church
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