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Gothic Revival church buildings in Washington, D.C. (23 P) Pages in category "Gothic Revival architecture in Washington, D.C." The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Alban Towers is an apartment building on Massachusetts Avenue in Northwest Washington, D.C., United States.It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and is considered to be one of the best examples of Gothic Revival architecture in Washington.
Although Gothic Revival architecture was most popular in the 1800s, the most famous Gothic Revival structure in the city—the Washington National Cathedral—was not built until the turn of the 20th century. The building is made of a long nine-bay nave, five-bay chancel, and six-bay transept.
Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel is considered an excellent example of Gothic Revival architecture, and often called a "miniature Gothic gem". [5] [6] It features a steeply designed pitched roof, buttresses, and stained glass lancet windows accented with tracery. The chapel is a one-story, rectangular building measuring 23 feet (7.0 m) high and 41 feet ...
Pages in category "Gothic Revival church buildings in Washington, D.C." The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, also known as St. Mark's, Capitol Hill, is a historic Episcopal church located at 3rd and A Streets, Southeast in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Built 1888–1894, the church is an example of Gothic Revival and Romanesque Revival architectures.
The building was designed by Washington architect B. Stanley Simmons in the Gothic Revival style and named for its developer, John L. Barr. [2] When completed in 1927, the building was noted for having the fastest elevators in the city. [3] The eleven-story structure rises to a height of 115 feet (35 m). [4]
The church bought the plot of land for $900 in 1882. After the building was completed in brick in a Gothic Revival style, it was valued at $20,000. The church was renovated in the 1920s and an education annex was completed in the 1960s. [3] However, by the 1980s, the growing congregation had insufficient room to expand.