United Church - Washington, D.C. - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, December 14, 1978

Dedicated May 15, 1892, this was the second church built on this site by the Concordia Lutheran Evangelical German congregation, founded January 17, 1833; the lot was sold to the German Lutherans by Jacob Funck in 1768.

John Phillip Sousa was baptized here, November 26, 1854.

From 1898 some services were held in English, predominantly so as of 1933.

As office buildings replaced residences, the congregation merged with the Union United Methodist congregation, as the United Church, January 1, 1975.

Group that erected the marker: Unknown URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link] Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: 1920 G Street NW Washington, D.C.

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