First Baptist Church East 8th Street, historically named Shiloh Baptist Church, is a historic church at 506 E. 8th Street in

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. The congregation was organized in 1866 as Shiloh Baptist Church by a group of men who had served as soldiers in the Union Army during the

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. Initially they worshiped in a

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shop; subsequently they met for worship in members' homes. The church building was built in 1885 with the labor of former slaves. It was added to the

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in 1979.

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* Baptist churches in Tennessee Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Gothic Revival church buildings in Tennessee Churches completed in 1885 19th-century Baptist churches in the United States Churches in Chattanooga, Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Chattanooga, Tennessee {{Tennessee-Baptist-church-stub