Lincoln Congregational Temple United Church of Christ
- Architect
- Howard Wright Cutler
- City
- Washington, DC
Lincoln Congregational Temple United Church of Christ, at 1701 11th Street NW, traces its roots to the Lincoln Industrial Mission, an educational and social aid mission built on the site in 1868–1869 after the Civil War. In 1880, ten members of First Congregational Church organized Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church at the mission; after merging with Park Temple Congregational Church in 1901, it took its present name. The current church building, designed by Howard Wright Cutler, was completed in 1928.
the building
American Negro Academy. The congregation's mission building was where Rev. Alexander Crummell formed the American Negro Academy, the first major African-American learned society in the United States.
significance
The 1928 building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995, is a DC Historic Landmark (#L_0055), and is included on the city's African-American Heritage Trail. The congregation, weakened by a changing neighborhood, held its final service on September 30, 2018.
nearby
- Frelinghuysen University (Edward Goodwin House)
- Woodson, Carter G. House
- Whitelaw Hotel
- The Lafayette
- Lincoln Theatre
- First African New Church (Church of the New Jerusalem)