First African New Church (Church of the New Jerusalem)

Architect: Paul J. Pelz
Style: Gothic Revival
City: Washington, DC

Paul J. Pelz designed this church in 1896 for the Swedenborgian First African New Church congregation. Peoples Seventh Day Adventist took over the building in 1903 and later became Peoples Seventh Day Baptist Independent Church, after which the building cycled through vacancy, a failed condominium redevelopment, and a 2016 city plan to convert it into a homeless services facility.

the style

The church was built in the Gothic Revival style.

the architect

Paul J. Pelz designed the church in 1896.

significance

It was designated a DC Historic Landmark in 2001 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 2009. The building stood vacant by 1970, was bought for a planned 39-unit condominium conversion in 2003, and in 2016 the city announced plans to convert it into a homeless services facility instead.

nearby

Lincoln Theatre 0.2 mi · Neoclassical · 1922
Frelinghuysen University (Edward Goodwin House) 0.3 mi · Queen Anne · 1906
Whitelaw Hotel 0.3 mi · Renaissance Revival
Clifton Terrace 0.3 mi · Colonial Revival · 1915
Banneker Recreation Center 0.4 mi · Colonial Revival · 1934
Normal School for Colored Girls 0.4 mi · Colonial Revival

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