Main entrance, First Baptist Church of Deanwood
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First Baptist Church of Deanwood on the NRHP since July 24, 2008. At 1008 45th St. NE, in the Deanwood neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Completed in 1938, now used for youth activities. A bigger church was built just south in 1961, but the older building is the one on the NRHP.
This file appears in: First Baptist Church of Deanwood: This historic church was an important site for the early Deanwood community.
First Baptist Church of Deanwood: This historic church was an important site for the early Deanwood community.
One of DC's oldest African American suburbs, Deanwood was established when white landowner Levi Sheriff divided farmland among his three daughters, Margaret Lowrie, Emmeline Sheriff and Mary Cornelia…