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The building is located at 1618 New Hampshire Avenue, Northwest in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The International Temple was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1973. The grand stairway of the Perry Belmont House, leading to the main public rooms of the house.
The Leiter House was a mansion that once stood at 1500 New Hampshire Avenue NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Completed in 1893 for wealthy businessman Levi Leiter, the palatial 55-room neoclassical residence was designed by architect Theophilus P. Chandler Jr., whose notable works include Trinity Episcopal Church, the Stirling mansion, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, and ...
The House of the Temple. The House of the Temple (officially, Home of The Supreme Council, 33°, Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, Washington D.C., U.S.A.) is a Masonic temple in Washington, D.C., United States, that serves as the headquarters of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A.
Luther Place Memorial Church is a congregation belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. [2] The neo-Gothic church building in Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C., was designed by architects Judson York, J. C. Harkness, and Henry Davis and constructed in 1873 as a memorial to peace and reconciliation following the American Civil War.
The church building had a single tower, and the parsonage was in the rear. [15] The brick, concrete, and stone structure had was 192 feet (59 m) long on 22nd Street NW, and extended 150 feet (46 m) back from the street. [19] It was expected to have a seating capacity of 1,000. [18] Ground was broken for the new building on June 25, 1927. [16]
Originally located at 15th and H Streets, [6] construction of the current church began in 1893, with the first Mass being celebrated June 2, 1895. Construction continued until 1913 when the church was dedicated. In 1939, it became the cathedral for the newly established Archdiocese of Washington.
Military order (religious society) Catholic orders of chivalry. Militia Templi. Catholic Church portal. v. t. e. The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a French military order of the Catholic faith, and one of the wealthiest and most popular military orders in Western Christianity.
Calvin Brent, generally considered to be Washington's first black architect, designed the church after an Anglican church in Cambridge, England. Construction on the church began in 1876 and was completed in 1880. [3] The first service was held on Thanksgiving Day 1879. Alexander Crummell served as rector until his retirement in 1894. [5]