16th and H Sts., NW, Washington, District Of Columbia. County/parish: District of Columbia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000868.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
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 the former 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. Many of the traditional Inauguration Day spiritual services have been held at St. John's. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/117691877