Saint Luke's Episcopal Church
- Architect
- Calvin Brent
- City
- Washington, DC
Completed in 1879, St. Luke's Episcopal Church is home to the oldest African-American Episcopal congregation in Washington, DC, and was designed by Calvin Brent, the city's first African American architect. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976 for its association with the Rev. Alexander Crummell (1819-1898), a leading advocate for black self-sufficiency and civil rights in the mid-19th century.
the building
Bluestone masonry. The church is built of Chesapeake bluestone laid in random ashlar courses, under a steeply pitched slate roof, with a symmetrical facade centered on a large entry portico.
the architect
Calvin Brent designed St. Luke's as the first African American architect to practice in Washington, DC.
significance
St. Luke's was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976 for its association with the Rev. Alexander Crummell, and is also a DC Historic Landmark (#L_0076) and National Register of Historic Places listed property.
nearby
- Carnegie Institution of Washington, Administration Building
- Grace Reformed Church, Sunday School, & Parish House
- Robert Simpson Woodward House
- United States Daughters of 1812 National Headquarters
- The Cairo
- Brodhead-Bell-Morton House (Levi P. Morton House)