St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Washington, D.C.)

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St. Luke's Episcopal Church

Washington, D.C.
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Location: 1514 15th Street,N.W.

Washington, D.C.
Coordinates: 38°54′37″N 77°2′5″W / 38.91028, -77.03472Coordinates: 38°54′37″N 77°2′5″W / 38.91028, -77.03472
Built/Founded: 1876-1880
Designated as NHL: May 11, 1976
Added to NRHP: May 11, 1976
NRHP Reference#: 76002131[1]
Governing body: St. Luke's Episcopal Church

St. Luke's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church located at 1514 15th Street,N.W., in Washington, D.C.. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1976.

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[edit] History

In 1875, some members of St. Mary's Chapel for Colored People in Foggy Bottom and their rector, the Rev. Alexander Crummell, left St. Mary's to found St. Luke's as the first independent black Episcopal church in Washington. Construction on the church began in 1876 and was completed in 1880. The first service, though, was held on Thanksgiving Day, 1879. Calvin T. S. Brent, generally considered to be Washington's first black architect, designed the church after an Anglican church in Coventry, England. Alexander Crummell served as rector until his retirement in 1894.[2]

[edit] National Register listing

  • St. Luke's Episcopal Church *** (added 1976 - Building - #76002131)
  • 15th and Church Sts., NW, Washington
  • Historic Significance: Person
  • Historic Person: Crummell,Alexander
  • Significant Year: 1876, 1898
  • Area of Significance: Social History, Education, Black, Literature
  • Period of Significance: 1875-1899
  • Owner: Private
  • Historic Function: Religion
  • Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
  • Current Function: Religion
  • Current Sub-function: Religious Structure

[edit] See also

Anglicanism Portal

[edit] Sources

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  2. ^ African American Heritage Trail listing for St. Luke's

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