Reverand B. H. Melton with the Columbia Heights Christian Church

ID: 1141 ~ Source: Nomination Form Attachments ~ Date: 1922

This file appears in: Kelsey Temple Church of God in Christ: Designed by Maurice Russel Rhoads in 1921 as the Columbia Heights Christian Church, this church has played a significant role in the development of Columbia Heights.

Kelsey Temple Church of God in Christ: Designed by Maurice Russel Rhoads in 1921 as the Columbia Heights Christian Church, this church has played a significant role in the development of Columbia Heights.

By The DC Historic Sites team

The years immediately after World War I were a period of intense development of neighboring residential and commercial blocks, capped by the opening of the nearby Tivoli Theatre in 1924. The influx of…