Church of the Epiphany
- Year
- 1844
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Washington, DC
The Church of the Epiphany at 1317 G Street NW is a Gothic Revival Episcopal church whose parish organized in 1842 and whose building was consecrated in 1852, with a tower, transepts, and chancel added over the following five years. It is one of Washington's oldest church buildings still in continuous use and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
the building
Pew 14 and the Civil War. As a U.S. Senator, Jefferson Davis rented pew number 14 at the church and three of his children were confirmed there. After Davis left Washington to become president of the Confederacy, that same pew was rented by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, a split that mirrored the divided city around it.
Lincoln and a wartime hospital. On March 6, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln attended the funeral of General Frederick Lander at the church, which itself served as a hospital between May and December of that year during the Civil War.
the style
The Church of the Epiphany was built in the Gothic Revival style in 1844, making it one of Washington's oldest surviving church buildings still in continuous use.
More on Gothic Revivalsignificance
The church established the Epiphany Church Home in 1858 to aid the poor and sick, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1971.
nearby
- Second National Bank
- Federal-American National Bank
- Brownley Building
- Westory Building
- Bond Building
- Commercial National Bank