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Third Baptist Church: This church is one of the most important extant buildings designed by Calvin T.S. Brent, the first African American in Washington trained as a professional architect.
Since its construction in 1893, this Gothic Revival church has been a dominating presence in its neighborhood of small two-story row houses. The first trained African American architect in DC, Calvin…
Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church: Saint Luke’s was the city’s first independent Black Episcopal Church, established in 1879 by Reverend Alexander Crummell.
Built between 1876 and 1879, Saint Luke’s is a major work of Calvin T.S. Brent (1854-1899), the city’s first Black architect. It is designed in the early English Gothic style (Gothic Revival) and…