Side View of the First Baptist Church of Deanwood
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First Baptist Church of Deanwood in the Deanwood neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The new reddish church in front was completed in 1961 and is the main church building now. The old yellowish church in back was completed in 1938 and has been on the NRHP since July 24, 2008. At 1008 45th St. NE, in the Deanwood neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The older building is the one on the NRHP.
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First Baptist Church of Deanwood
One of DC's oldest African American suburbs, Deanwood was established when white landowner Levi Sheriff divided farmland among his three daughters, Margaret Lowrie, Emmeline Sheriff and Mary Cornelia Dean. These three subdivisions—Whittingham,…