Old St Patrick's Church and Rectory Washington DC

ID: 3338 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Date: between 1890 and 1910

This file appears in: Saint Patrick’s Church: The first Catholic parish in the federal city, it is located on land purchased in 1794.

Photomechanical print of the second St. Patrick's Church and Rectory (dedicated in 1809) in Washington, D.C.

This file appears in: Saint Patrick’s Church: The first Catholic parish in the federal city, it is located on land purchased in 1794.

Saint Patrick’s Church: The first Catholic parish in the federal city, it is located on land purchased in 1794.

By The DC Historic Sites team

This parish was established by Bishop John Carroll in 1794. The initial meeting place of the congregation was a house at the corner of 10th & E streets NW. The congregation worshiped at three other…