Fletcher Chapel, Present Day
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Fletcher Chapel, now known as First Tabernacle or First Tabernacle Beth El, located at 401 New York Avenue, N.W., in the Mount Vernon Square neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The building was constructed in 1854 by members of McKendree Methodist Church, making it one of the oldest surviving houses of worship in Washington, D.C. It was one of the first buildings used by the Church of God and Saints of Christ, a Black Hebrew Israelite congregation founded by William Saunders Crowdy. They purchased Fletcher Chapel in 1903 and renamed it First Tabernacle. On August 14, 1997, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
This file appears in: Fletcher Chapel (Church of God and Saints of Christ)
Fletcher Chapel (Church of God and Saints of Christ)
Dating back further than most other houses of worship in the city, Fletcher Chapel is notable as a representation of early DC's simple wood frame architecture, as well as the site of the founding meeting of the Anti-Saloon League, an important…