1st Baptist Church Photo

Photographer’s Note

First Baptist Church (Norfolk, Va). A brownstone building, completed in 1904 by the oldest Baptist organization in the city. The congregation, which organized in 1800, was one of the few independent black churches that existed during slavery.
In 1816 all the white members except the minister's family withdrew and organized a new church. It has been regarded as the mother church of Norfolk's black Baptists. The location was acquired in 1830. There a small wooded church called the Old Salt Box was erected. The present church opened its doors in 1906.

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