It’s Pentecost. Wear red and write about a Pentecostal church. Mt. Zion Pentecostal Church was and still is at 1112 N St NW. It was a tiny church in 1957, with just 70 members. It was and still is an African American church. They did not provide any information about the professional make up of … Continue reading 1957 Church Survey- Mt. Zion Pentecostal Church
Well, this is another church that no longer exists. The Tried Stone Church of Christ in 1957 when the survey was done, was at 1217 5th St NW. That address no longer exists. It was on Square 513 and lots 813-815. Those do not exist. When I threw the address into Google, I got a … Continue reading 1957 Church Survey- Tried Stone Church of Christ
The Rehoboth Church of God no longer exists in Washington DC. Nor does it’s 1957 address 1101 8th St NW. There is a convention center at that spot. So if it were still there it would be in Mt. Vernon Sq., next to Shaw. Really doesn’t matter as they did not provide much information to … Continue reading 1957 Church Survey- Rehoboth Church of God- Rando Church Near Shaw
Well this is another in the series of churches participating in the 1957 Northwest Urban Renewal Area church survey. This church survey has never been replicated. There have been other reports but they approach the churches as a whole and not as individual congregations. Churches are interesting as an entity. Florida Avenue Baptist is completely … Continue reading 1957 Church Survey: Second Baptist Church- Rando Church not in Shaw
This church used to be know for it’s fugly building. By AgnosticPreachersKid CC BY-SA 3.0, Link But this is not about the fug, this is about history. [Yes, yes, we could go on about the history of the Brutalist building that only an architectural historian could love, but I’m here for the people]. Besides, in … Continue reading 1957 Church Survey- Third Church of Christ Scientist- Random Churches not in Shaw
Taking another couple of pages from the church survey done back in 1957 of churches in the Northwest Urban Renewal Area, which got changed into the Shaw Urban Renewal and Downtown Urban Renewal Areas. From the book we have the Chinese Community Church at 1011 L St N.W (Sq. 341, lots 63, 64 & D). … Continue reading Church Survey 1957: Chinese Community Church
It’s been a while since I posted one of these. If you’re new, in the late 1950s there was a survey of all the religious institutions in the Northwest Urban Renewal Area, which came before the smaller Shaw School Urban Renewal Area. There is a whole book of churches that reveal a lot of information … Continue reading 1957 Church Survey: Fifteenth Presbyterian
Okay I had to look at the old Shaw map to figure out if this was in Mount Vernon Square or Shaw or both. The answer is both. The Mount Vernon Square historical district overlaps with parts of Shaw. The the other question was, “Is this the church on New Jersey Ave?” Yup, 3rd Street, … Continue reading 1957 Church Survey: Third Church of God
Some Church Survey posts are chock full of information, and some got nada. And that is New Hope Baptist Church. CS 49 New Hope Baptist by Mm Inshaw I looked up the address on Google and according to Streetview, the True Gospel Baptist Church is at that spot now. And just for my own … Continue reading 1957 Church Survey- New Hope Baptist
I know it has been a good long while since I’ve put out the church surveys, so here’s a quick refresher. So the city and other authorities conducted a survey of churches in the Northwest Urban Renewal Area, which was a precursor to the Shaw School Urban Renewal Area, which is just now known as … Continue reading 1957 Church Survey: National City Christian- Random church not in Shaw
