320 S. Washington St., Alexandria (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Alexandria.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 16, 2004. NRIS 03001424.
Part of African American Historic Resources of Alexandria, Virginia MPS (NRIS 64500873).
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Beulah Baptist Church is a predominantly Black Baptist Church at 320 S. Washington Street in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. The historic building is a two-story brick structure with a gable roof and large stained glass window. Built in 1863, it was sandwiched between the two Black neighborhoods of 'the Hill' and 'the Bottoms'. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
Beulah was the first of ten Black churches established in Alexandria following the town's occupation by Union troops in 1861. The church's first pastor, Rev. Clem Robinson, had established "The First Select Colored School" in 1861 for Contraband refugees arriving in Alexandria. The following year Robinson, together with Dye Carter, selected a parcel on South Washington Street to build their new church, and Carter oversaw construction of the building. The contraband school soon moved to that location and continued operating after the war. Today Beulah Baptist Church remains a vibrant church community in Alexandria Old Town, continuing to worship in their historic building on S. Washington St.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678520