St. Luke's Episcopal Church
15th and Church Sts., NW, Washington, District of Columbia
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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
Sources
- HABS DC-359 - St. Luke's Episcopal Church
- National Register database - Reference number 76002131 (Search for documents)
- National Historic Landmark information
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