St. Luke's Episcopal Church
15th and Church Sts., NW, Washington, District of Columbia
Photos
EAST (FRONT) FACADE
Photo taken for the Historic American Buildings Survey
Map
Coordinates:
+38.91041, -77.0345538°54'37" N, 77°02'04" W
Quadrangle map:Washington West
Description
Tradition associates Calvin T.S. Brent (1854-1899), Washington's earliest known black architect, with the design of this church. St. Luke's rivals Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Georgetown as Washington's oldest surviving church building built for a black congregation. St. Luke's also stands as a reminder of the post Civil War period of Afro-American history when the institution of the church was unrivaled as the center of the Negro's political and social, as well as religious life.
-- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS DC-359)
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1976
- Reference number
- 76002131
- Architectural styles
- Victorian: Gothic; Other architectural type; Early English Gothic
- Areas of significance
- Ethnic Heritage - Black; Literature; Education; Social History
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- B - Person
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Religious structure
- Current function
- Religious structure
- Period of significance
- 1875-1899
- Significant years
- 1876; 1898
Update Log
- May 11, 2012: Imported photos from HABS/HAER