First Baptist Church of Deanwood Groundbreaking

ID: 2361 ~ Source: http://www.thefirstbaptistchurchofdeanwood.org/fbcd/ ~ Date: 1909

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First Baptist Church of Deanwood Groundbreaking

A 1909 image of the groundbreaking ceremony of the historic First Baptist Church of Deanwood.

This file appears in: First Baptist Church of Deanwood

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,…