[3][4] Christ Church is located in Alexandria's Old Town, at the southwest corner of North Washington and Cameron Streets.

To finance construction of the church in Alexandria, the vestry raised 31,186 pounds of Oronoco tobacco from parishioners.

During the Revolutionary War, the church was a center of pro-revolutionary activity, with its Rector, David Griffith, being particularly outspoken in favor of independence.

In the mid-nineteenth century, stoves were put in the back of the church and the box pews were converted to the slips that are in use today.

The chancel is decorated on both sides with hand-lettered plaques displaying the Decalogue, the Lord's Prayer, the Apostles' Creed, and the Golden Rule.

Also buried in the church are Charles Simms and Philip Marstellar, two of George Washington's pallbearers; Anne Warren, a world-famous English actress; Henry Fowler; and William Ramsay, who is known as the Romulus of Alexandria.

Removal was decided based on a commitment to avoid "...a distraction in our worship space" and concern about creating "an obstacle to our identity as a welcoming church and an impediment to our growth and to full community with our neighbors.