This church has had few modifications and remains true to the original design, complete with hanging gas lights. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1865/00/00 | Rev Dr Charles H Hall | Vocation | Dr Charles Hall, Rector of Epiphany Church on G Street, and his communicants decide to organize a separate congregation specifically to serve the negro community, and it has provided both educational and community services. | |||
| 1866/00/00 | Rev Dr John V Lewis | Vocation | Shortly after the 1866 Washington Episcopal Clergy Convocation call for the Church to organize congregations in destitute localities, the Rev Charles Hall recruits Rev John V Lewis to work to establish a new church for black people. | |||
| 1867/00/00 | Edwin M Stanton | Benefactor | Edwin Stanton has the old Kalorama Hospital chapel dismantled, carted by wagon and rebuilt on 23rd Street in the predominantly colored and sparsely settled area called Foggy Bottom. The chapel was to be sold as lumber. | |||
| 1867/00/00 | Catharine Worthington Pearson | Benefactor | A parishoner of St John's, Mrs Catherine Pearson, provides the use of a lot on 23rd between G and H Streets, NW, for a new colored congregation. | |||
| 1867/06/09 | First church building exclusively for DC's black Episcopalians, St Barnabas Mission, holds its first service. Rev Drs Hall and Lewis share the pulpit. | |||||
| 1868/07/00 | Eliza Worthington Pearson Patterson | Benefactor | Elizabeth Worthington Patterson inherits the title to the lot on 23rd Street from her mother, Catherine Pearson. | |||
| 1873/00/00 | Rev Dr Alexander Crummell | Vocation | The Reverend Alexander Crummell is called to be St Mary's first full-time rector. | |||
| 1876/00/00 | Rev Dr Alexander Crummell | Vocation | Due to confusion over land titles led Rev Crummel and most of St Mary's parishioners move to what will become St Luke's parish. | |||
| 1881/00/00 | A small brick schoolhouse is built behind the church for St Mary's Industrial School. Originally housed in the church, by 1882, 128 girls are enrolled in sewing and cooking classes at the industrial school and 150 children attend St Mary's Sunday School. | |||||
| 1885/05/00 | James Renwick Jr | Architect | Parishioner Judge J C Bancroft Davis selects the same architect for St Mary's who had so impressively expanded St John's in 1883: James Renwick, Jr. | |||
| 1887/00/00 | Renwick, Aspinwall and Russell | Architect | Renwick's focal points are articulated in the chancel framed by an arch of contrasting brick and the timber roof. All of the chancel furniture was designed by Renwick and made in New York City under his supervision. | |||
| 1887/00/00 | Tiffany Studios | Artisans | Memorial for Edwin Stanton and triptych window over the altar feature saints of African descent. | |||
| 1887/00/00 | Maison Lorin, Chartres | Artisan | The stained glass windows are designed and executed according to Judge Davis' specific instructions by the firm Renwick considers the finest in the world, Lorin of Chartres, France. |
| Particulars for St Mary's Episcopal Church: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Architectural Style | Gothic Revival |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
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