St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square

St. John's Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square is located in Central Washington, D.C.
St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square
St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square is located in the District of Columbia
St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square
St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square is located in the United States
St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square
Location1525 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., U.S.
Coordinates38°54′1.41″N 77°2′9.91″W / 38.9003917°N 77.0360861°W / 38.9003917; -77.0360861
Built1815–1816
Part ofLafayette Square Historic District (ID70000833)
NRHP reference No.66000868[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966
Designated NHLDecember 19, 1960
Designated NHLDCPAugust 29, 1970

St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square is a historic Episcopal church located at Sixteenth Street and H Street NW, in Washington, D.C., along Black Lives Matter Plaza. The Greek Revival building, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, is adjacent to Lafayette Square, one block from the White House. It is often called the "Church of the Presidents".

Every sitting president has attended the church at least once since it was built in 1816, starting with James Madison.[2] Many of the traditional Inauguration Day spiritual services have been held at St. John's.[3] It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ White House Historical Association
  3. ^ Burke, Daniel (January 20, 2017). "Inflammatory pastor preached to Trump before inauguration". CNN. Retrieved January 21, 2017.