Ebenezer United Methodist Church
4th and D Streets, SE
Washington, DC
Hours: Open for services only
This Romanesque Revival church is the third home for the Ebenezer United Methodists, the oldest African American congregation on Capitol Hill. In 1865 the congregation established the first public school for black children in the District at a time when the city's African American population was increasing rapidly during and after the Civil War.
Franciscan Monastery
Mount St. Sepulchre 1400 Quincy Street, NE
Washington, DC
Phone: 202-526-6800
Web: www.pressroom.com Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm Sunday; Tours 9,10,11A & 1,2,3,4P
The Franciscan Monastery is the official Commissariat of the Holy Land for the United States. Founded in 1899, its function is to maintain the shrines in the Holy Land by raising funds in the US. The Byzantine-style memorial church holds reproductions of sacred shrines from the Holy Land; while underneath the monastery there lies a reproduction of the catacombs of Rome. You're free to wander the grounds on your own; tours are given on the hour from 9am-11am, 1-4pm (Monday -Saturday); 1-4pm Sunday. There is no admission fee, but donations are suggested.
Howard University School Of Divinity
1400 Shepherd Street, NE
Washington, DC
Phone: 202-806-0750
Web: http://www.howard.edu/schooldivinity/
Hours: 10am-2pm by appointment
The School of Divinity occupies 22 pastoral acres which includes the Andrew Tweed Ethiopian Religious Artifacts Museum, the finest Ethiopian religious collection in America. Your imagination is stirred with this 11th and 12th century Afro-American Religious Heritage Collection. Donations are suggested.
Metropolitan AME Church 1518 M Street, NW
Washington, DC
Phone: 202-331-1426
Web: metropolitanamec.org
Hours: 10:00am-6pm, Services Wednesday 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
The result of an 1870 union of two of the oldest black churches in the District, Metropolitan has been central to life in the community for more than 100 years, serving as both a place of worship and a forum for political, artistic and literary endeavors. Since William H. Taft, almost every president has spoken or worshipped at this National Cathedral of African Methodism and in 1993 and 1997, President Clinton held his Presidential Inaugural Service here. There is no admission charge. ... More>>
