Christ Church (Georgetown, Washington, D.C.)

Historic church in Washington, D.C., United States This article is about Christ Church, O Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.. For Christ Church, G Street, S.E., Washington, D.C., see Christ Church, Washington Parish (Washington, D.C.). United States historic place

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Christ Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property
D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites



Location	3116 O Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°54′47″N 77°03′43″W / 38.91306°N 77.06194°W / 38.91306; -77.06194
Area	7,200 square feet (670 m)
Built	1885–1886
Architect	Cassell & Laws; William C. Morrison
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	72001421
Added to NRHP	March 16, 1972
Designated DCIHS	November 8, 1964

Christ Church, founded in 1817, is a historic Episcopal church located at 31st and O Streets, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Georgetown neighborhood. Its first rector was Reuel Keith (1792–1842), who with William Holland Wilmer rector of St. Paul's Church in 1818 founded an Education Society to train Episcopal priests. Rev. Keith left this parish in 1820 to accept a position at Bruton Parish Church and teach at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, although he later returned to the new national capital and taught at the Virginia Theological Seminary when it was founded in 1823.

The current church building, built in 1885–1886, replaced an earlier church building built in 1818. The church building was erected at a cost of $50,000 (equivalent to $1,700,000 in 2023), and it opened on October 28, 1886. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The building was deemed "a very fine example of late 19th century Gothic". It has been termed a "miniature cathedral" for its "tall dominating bell tower, its stone Gothic arches and lancet windows. It is a one-story 90 by 60 feet (27 m × 18 m) structure built of red, smooth-faced brick laid in common bond, with yellow sandstane used for "window sills, buttress caps, corner blocks at gable and dormer ends, door enframements, the north gable finial and cross, gable copings for the main church and aisle dormers (though most of this stonework is covered with a protective sheet of lead), as well as the steps to the doorways."

The building is also a contributing property in the Georgetown Historic District, also listed on the National Register.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, on March 8, the rector of the church informed parishioners that he was the first Washington, D.C., resident to test positive for the coronavirus. All services were canceled that Sunday. According to the assistant to the rector, this was the first time the church had closed since a fire in the 1800s.

References

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
"Address: 3116 O ST NW; SSL: 1243 0823". Real Property Database. District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
"West Washington". The Critic (Washington, D.C.). October 4, 1886. p. 3.
"West Washington". The Critic (Washington. D.C.). October 29, 1886. p. 4.
^ Suzanhe Ganschinietz (August 12, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Christ Church (within the boundaries of the Georgetown Historic District)". National Park Service. Retrieved March 8, 2020. With accompanying two photos from 1971
"Rector of prominent Washington, D.C., church tests positive for coronavirus". CBS News. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
S, Peggy; s (March 8, 2020). "Georgetown Minister Contracts Coronavirus: D.C.'s First Case". The Georgetowner. Retrieved March 8, 2020.

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