page_title: Alfred Street Baptist Church
hierarchical_section_title: Alfred Street Baptist Church
caption_attribution_description: English: Alfred Street Baptist Church, Alexandria, Virginia
context_page_description: Alfred Street Baptist Church's initial beginnings date back to 1803 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States and located in the city's oldest African-American neighborhood, the Bottoms Alexandria, Virginia.
  In 1806, the colored members of the church Alexandria Baptist Society established the Colored Baptist Society which would eventually become First African Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia. The church welcomed its first black pastor when Reverend Sampson White was called to lead the recently independent congregation. White had previously served as the founding pastor of Nineteenth Street Baptist Church of Washington, D.C. and Abyssinian Baptist Church of New York City. He would be followed by Reverend Samuel Madden in 1863.
  Architectural improvements were implemented in the 1880s and in 1994, when a new sanctuary was built. The exterior of the building was preserved, but the interior was greatly improved. Alfred Street Baptist Church is located at 301 South Alfred Street in Alexandria, Virginia.
context_section_description: Alfred Street Baptist Church's initial beginnings date back to 1803 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States and located in the city's oldest African-American neighborhood, the Bottoms Alexandria, Virginia. 
  In 1806, the colored members of the church Alexandria Baptist Society established the Colored Baptist Society which would eventually become First African Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia. The church welcomed its first black pastor when Reverend Sampson White was called to lead the recently independent congregation. White had previously served as the founding pastor of Nineteenth Street Baptist Church of Washington, D.C. and Abyssinian Baptist Church of New York City. He would be followed by Reverend Samuel Madden in 1863.
  Architectural improvements were implemented in the 1880s and in 1994, when a new sanctuary was built. The exterior of the building was preserved, but the interior was greatly improved. Alfred Street Baptist Church is located at 301 South Alfred Street in Alexandria, Virginia.
caption: The old sanctuary in January 2020
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