Close-Up, Commemorative Stone

ID: 4899 ~ Source: Photograph by Shae Corey, November 2021
This file appears in: Latino Heritage Tour: Wilson Center
Close-Up, Commemorative Stone

Commemorative stone for the Central Presbyterian Church, organized in 1868. Woodrow Wilson worshipped in this building when it operated as a church--hence the name "Wilson Center" used by those who purchased the building.

This file appears in: Latino Heritage Tour: Wilson Center

In 1968, Reverend Antonio Welty reopened the former National Presbyterian Church (where President Woodrow Wilson preferred to worship while in the White House) to Hispanic community members. Two years after this initial contact, the Reverend Welty…