St. Mary's Church, 23rd St. facade, facing east, 1972
This file appears in: Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church (Saint Mary's Chapel): St. Mary's is the home of the first African American Episcopal congregation in DC, split from the Church of the Epiphany.
Photo credit: Wm Edmund Barrett NCPC
This file appears in: Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church (Saint Mary's Chapel): St. Mary's is the home of the first African American Episcopal congregation in DC, split from the Church of the Epiphany.
Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church (Saint Mary's Chapel): St. Mary's is the home of the first African American Episcopal congregation in DC, split from the Church of the Epiphany.
Formed in 1866-1867, St. Mary's Episcopal Church was founded by African American congregants wanting to create their own church from the Church of the Epiphany. After establishing their congregation,…