Exterior, Central Presbyterian Church (Wilson Center)

ID: 5297 ~ Source: DC Preservation League Photo Archive ~ Creator: Zachary Burt ~ Date: January 2023

This file appears in: Exploring DC's Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: The Wilson Center

Exterior, Central Presbyterian Church (Wilson Center)

Current photograph of the former Wilson Center. The front of the building features large Doric columns.

This file appears in: Exploring DC's Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: The Wilson Center

Exploring DC's Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: The Wilson Center

Despite its location in the basement of a Presbyterian church tucked between the Mount Pleasant Historic District and Columbia Heights, the Wilson Center became a popular punk venue in the 1980s because bands could play loudly and without…