Christ Church, Washington Parish (Christ Church Na - View this location on map City's first Episcopal parish, incorporated 1794; battlemented facade and bell tower; simple interior with flat coved ceiling and cast iron columns; facade design possibly copied from pattern book; initial section built 1806-07 (Robert Alexander, architect; attributed to Benjamin Henry Latrobe); enlarged 1824; Gothic facades and bell tower erected 1849; cast iron columns added on interior 1877 (William H. Hoffman, architect); facades stuccoed ca. 1878; chancel added 1877 or 1891; tower raised and porch added 1891; interior alterations 1921 (Delos H. Smith, architect) and 1953-54 (Horace W. Peaslee, architect). 620 G Street, SE, Washington , DC Historical

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