Ebenezer Baptist Church met at Daughters of Zion Hall for their first two years. Led by Rev. Alexander Truatt, former pastor of First Baptist, the congregation built a church on this spot in 1894. In 1907 that church burned, and in 1908 Rev. T. D. Atkins led in building today’s church, designed by the first Black architect licensed in Virginia, John A. Lankford. Rev. E. D. McCreary later added the stained glass windows. He and Rev. Elisha G. Hall, an eight-year member of Charlottesville City Council, are remembered for leadership through times of social struggle and change.