Old Salem Church

This simple and sturdy edifice, constructed in 1844, is typical of the brick churches which rural Baptists build around Fredericksburg in the mid-19th century. During the campaign of November and December, 1862, the building sheltered refugees from Fredericksburg and later ...

Jerusalem - Mount Pleasant Church and Parsonage

21 & 17 Wood Lane

Racial tensions between African American and white church members peaked immediately before the Civil War. Pro-slavery parishioners joined the M. E. Church South in 1863. By 1868 the predominately African American M. E. Church North owned ...

Salem Methodist Church

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This church, founded by 1818, held its early services in a brush arbor; the first permanent sanctuary was built nearby. In 1848 Capt. J.D. Allen sold this 4-acre site to the trustees for $1.00. The present church, built ...

New Salem Presbyterian Church

Oct. 25, 1796, Revs. John McMillan & Thos. Marquis dispensed N.W. of Ohio River to found church. 1797 services first held in tent then in log church nearby. Erected in 1850, the present building is their first church.

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Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church

Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church traces its existence to 1789 when Shenandoah Valley circuit preacher Paul Henkel held services for the German community in a schoolhouse nearby at Seawright Springs. By 1805, the congregation had built a frame structure on land ...