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First Baptist Church <br />The Charlottesville African Church congregation was organized in 1864. Four years later it <br />bought the Delevan building, built in 1828 by Gen. John H. Cocke, and at one time used as a <br />temperance hotel for University of Virginia students. It became part of the Charlottesville <br />General Hospital and sheltered wounded soldiers during the Civil War. The church members laid <br />the cornerstone for a new building in 1877 on the Delevan site, and the First Baptist Church , <br />was completed in 1883. This building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Figure 1: State Marker Q-16, 632 West Main Street <br /> <br />