Randolph Street United Methodist Church
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Directions to next stop ↗Randolph Street United Methodist Church (118 S Randolph St) – After the Black and white members of the congregation separated in 1864, Black parishioners continued to worship at the frame church in this location. It was later torn down and replaced with the current brick structure. The church has been an important part of the local Black community ever since. Steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie donated half of the costs of the church’s pipe organ in 1917.
- Where
- 118 S Randolph St, Lexington, VA 24450
- Phone
- +1 540-463-7417
About
The church was founded in 1816. White and Black members of the congregation separated in 1864. The Black congregants remained at this site, eventually tearing down the original frame church and replacing it with the current brick structure in 1864. The parking lot just south of the church was once the site of the Freedmen’s Bureau School, also known as the Lexington Colored Graded School.