1530 Vermont Avenue, NW
— African American Heritage Trail, Washington, DC —
Vermont Avenue Baptist Church was formed in 1866 by seven formerly enslaved men and women meeting in the home of John and Amy Slaughter. They joined the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church for assistance in organizing their own church. Then, led by Rev. John Henry Brooks, a former Union Army wagon driver, the group acquired this site and built a small wooden structure that they named Fifth Baptist Church. They later replaced it with a brick building (now the main sanctuary), laying the cornerstone in 1872. Under Rev. Brooks' successor, Rev. George Wellington Lee (1885-1911), the growing congregation added the current fa?ade and steeple, and adopted the current name in 1890.| HM Number | HM1103 |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Washington, D.C.: African American Heritage Trail series |
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| Placed By | Cultural Tourism DC - Funded by the DC Historic Preservation Office |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 at 11:54am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 324126 N 4308957 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.91191667, -77.02846667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 54.715', W 77° 1.708' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 54' 42.90" N, 77° 1' 42.48" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 202 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1600-1602 Vermont Ave NW, Washington DC 20009, US |
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