First Baptist Church of Deanwood Groundbreaking

ID: 2361 ~ Source: http://www.thefirstbaptistchurchofdeanwood.org/fbcd/ ~ Date: 1909

This file appears in: First Baptist Church of Deanwood: This historic church was an important site for the early Deanwood community.

A 1909 image of the groundbreaking ceremony of the historic First Baptist Church of Deanwood.

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.

By The DC Historic Sites team

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…