Second Street Presbyterian Church was formed in the fall of 1940 when a group got together for the purpose of organizing a new Presbyterian Church in Albemarle.

This group rented a building, formerly Napier’s Garage, on Concord Road to serve as their worship center. The portion in which the services were held was originally a blacksmith shop behind a service station. The service station portion was used as the church office.

In June of 1943, three lots were purchased on South Second Street to be used as a building site for the church as soon as such building was permissible by the government. (The country was now involved in World War II — in which many members of this church were sent)

Eventually the church was built. Construction was supervised by J. D. Harwood and Son. A remarkable feature of the building was that no architect was employed to draw its plans. E. G. McCullough of Albemarle submitted a sketch of the proposed building after consultation with the building committee, and this sketch was carried out almost in its entirety in the finished building.

On September 22, 1946, exactly six years to the day from that first meeting, the church opened its doors and the new building was dedicated.

On February 27, 1972, the church voted to construct an educational building to house Sunday School and nursery rooms as well as a fellowship hall for church and church-related activities. Before the new building was built, this purpose had been served in a welding shop beside the manse that was purchased on November 27, 1972. Ground was broken in special ceremonies on March 19, 1972. The Building was completed in a little over a year, and was dedicated on May 27, 1973. The Educational Building is connected to the main church building and faces Hearne Street. It has the same architectural style as the main sanctuary.