Old Baptismal Area
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theroths3
N 38° 51.050 W 077° 18.459
18S E 299745 N 4302754
Old Mount Calvary Church baptismal area
Waymark Code: WM48JB
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2008
Views: 17
Local residents recall the period through the 1930s when Mount Calvary Baptist Church regularly conducted baptismal services in the Accotink Branch, in the pool formed at its confluence with the Tussico. White-robed candidates were immersed by church clergy as they were baptized into the Christian community. Mount Calvary Baptist Church, founded 1870, is believed to be the first African-American church in the City of Fairfax.
Marker Title: Old Baptismal Area
Marker Location: Near corner of Chain Bridge Rd. and Kenmore Dr.
County or Independent City: City of Fairfax
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: City of Fairfax - Historic Fairfax City, Inc. 2007
Marker Number: Not listed
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