Shiloh Baptist Church (Alexandria, Virginia)

Shiloh Baptist Church is a predominantly Black Baptist Church at 1401 Duke Street in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. At the time of its dedication in 1893, the historic building had a great bell tower, eight stained glass windows, modern circular oak pews, and a large reflector with glass prisms. While this historic building continues to be used as a youth center, the church has expanded to a large new sanctuary across Duke Street. Shiloh is one of 10 Black churches founded in Alexandria following the Civil War to support freed Black Americans as they formed new communities and associations. It was founded in 1863, when a group of about 50 African Americans met in the mess hall on the L’Ouverture Hospital grounds, where wounded Black Union soldiers and contraband civilians were being housed during the Civil War.

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