Christ Church (Georgetown, Washington, D.C.)

Coordinates: 38°54′47″N 77°03′43″W / 38.91306°N 77.06194°W / 38.91306; -77.06194
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Christ Church
Contributing Property
Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.72001421[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1972
Designated DCIHSNovember 8, 1964

Christ Church, founded in 1817, is a historic

College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, although he later returned to the new national capital and taught at the Virginia Theological Seminary
when it was founded in 1823.

The current church building, built in 1885–1886, replaced an earlier church building built in 1818. The church building was erected at a cost of $50,000 (equivalent to $1,700,000 in 2023), and it opened on October 28, 1886.

copings for the main church and aisle dormers (though most of this stonework is covered with a protective sheet of lead), as well as the steps to the doorways."[5]

The building is also a contributing property in the

Georgetown Historic District, also listed on the National Register.[5]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, on March 8, the rector of the church informed parishioners that he was the first Washington, D.C., resident to test positive for the coronavirus. All services were canceled that Sunday. According to the assistant to the rector, this was the first time the church had closed since a fire in the 1800s.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Address: 3116 O ST NW; SSL: 1243 0823". Real Property Database. District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "West Washington". The Critic (Washington, D.C.). October 4, 1886. p. 3.
  4. ^ "West Washington". The Critic (Washington. D.C.). October 29, 1886. p. 4.
  5. ^ a b Suzanhe Ganschinietz (August 12, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Christ Church (within the boundaries of the Georgetown Historic District)". National Park Service. Retrieved March 8, 2020. With accompanying two photos from 1971
  6. ^ "Rector of prominent Washington, D.C., church tests positive for coronavirus". CBS News. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  7. ^ S, Peggy; s (March 8, 2020). "Georgetown Minister Contracts Coronavirus: D.C.'s First Case". The Georgetowner. Retrieved March 8, 2020.

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