Reconstruction

First Congregational Church at 10th and G: The Abolitionist Church That Birthed Howard University

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First Congregational Church (10 and G Streets NW) c. 1946. Bert Sheldon Photograph Collection, HSW.

In 1946 this Gothic brick church had stood at 10th and G Streets NW for 78 years. Abolitionists founded it, Henry Robinson Searle designed it, and Howard University grew out of it.