Concordia German Evangelical Church and Rectory
- Year
- 1932
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- City
- Washington, DC
Concordia German Evangelical Church and Rectory, now known as Concordia United Church of Christ, stands at G and 20th Streets in Foggy Bottom, where the German congregation has held the site since the late eighteenth century, when the area was known as Funkstown or Hamburg, a settlement that predated the founding of Washington itself. The parsonage was built in 1885, and the church was dedicated May 15, 1892; a three-bay Sunday School was added behind the church in 1899 and reconstructed in 1932. The congregation still offers services in German as well as English.
the building
Church and rectory together. The church, dedicated in 1892, stands directly west of the 1885 parsonage, with a Sunday School addition built behind the church in 1899 and rebuilt in 1932, forming the ensemble now listed on the National Register.
the style
The church and rectory are built in a Renaissance Revival idiom, described as an example of late-nineteenth-century eclectic design.
More on Renaissance Revivalsignificance
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, valued as much for the German congregation's continuous ownership of the site since the eighteenth century as for its architecture.
nearby
- Underwood, Oscar S., House
- F Street House
- George Washington University, President's Office
- Lisner Auditorium (George Washington University)
- Engine Company No. 23 (Foggy Bottom Firehouse)
- World Bank Headquarters