1425 V Street, NW
— African American Heritage Trail, Washington, DC —
Saint Augustine Roman Catholic Church began in 1858 when African American congregants of the Saint Matthews Church departed to organize their own day school. The group raised funds—even held an event on the White House lawn—and eventually constructed a school and a chapel on 15th Street, north of I Street. Opening in 1866, the Blessed Martin de Porres School and Chapel soon became the center of a separate Black parish, Saint Augustine's. In 1961 the church merged with the predominantly White Saint Paul's Church at this corner to form Saints Paul and Augustine Church. Twenty-one years later, the church returned to the name Saint Augustine's.| HM Number | HMMIX |
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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 | Sunday, October 19th, 2014 at 11:31pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 323633 N 4309674 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.91826667, -77.03433333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 55.096', W 77° 2.06' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 55' 5.76" N, 77° 2' 3.60" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 202 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 2129-2199 15th St NW, Washington DC 20009, US |
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