Saint Mark's Church

Style: Gothic Revival
City: Washington, DC

St. Mark's Episcopal Church, built between 1888 and 1894 at 3rd and A Streets, SE, combines Gothic Revival and Romanesque Revival architecture in red brick. The congregation traces back to an 1867 mission of Christ Church; it organized independently in 1868, built its first church on a site now occupied by the Library of Congress' John Adams Building, and moved to its present Capitol Hill site after acquiring the land in 1880.

the building

Cast iron and hammerbeams. The church follows a modified basilica plan without an apse, and its interior is distinguished by cast iron columns and hammerbeam trusses rather than the stone vaulting typical of Gothic Revival churches.

the style

St. Mark's blends Gothic Revival with Romanesque Revival detailing, expressed here in red brick rather than stone.

significance

Designated DC Historic Landmark #L_0100 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

nearby

Folger Shakespeare Library 490 ft · Art Deco · 1932
Library of Congress 0.2 mi · Beaux-Arts
Thomas Jefferson Building 0.2 mi · Beaux-Arts · 1897
Supreme Court 0.2 mi · Neoclassical · 1935
Hiram W. Johnson House 0.3 mi · Federal · 1822
House Office Building (Cannon House Office Building) 0.3 mi · Beaux-Arts · 1908

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