Frying Pan Meeting House

Baptist church built in 1786-1791. Virginia Baptist congregations welcomed both white and black members. By 1840, Frying Pan had twenty-nine black members and thirty-three white members. These early African-American members included free and enslaved persons, though the numbers of each are unclear. The meeting house was used as a Confederate field hospital following the Civil War skirmish at Dranesville in 1862. The church remained active until 1984. 2615 Centreville Road. National Register of Historic Places 91000016 Virginia DHR 029-0015 IMG_3682

October 28th 2023
I'm always on the lookout for local historical sites. While driving in western Fairfax County, I spotted one I had not visited previously, the Frying Pan Meeting House. The former Baptist church dates to 1791. People have asked me about the term "meeting house." In colonial Virginia, the Church of England was the established church. Only it could have "churches". Eventually, Dissenters, as they ... read more

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