1226 Vermont Ave., NW. (Thomas Circle), Washington, District Of Columbia. County/parish: District of Columbia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 16, 1973. NRIS 73002096.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing object.Also known as:
Luther Place Memorial Church is a congregation belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The neo-Gothic church building in Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C., was designed by architects Judson York, J. C. Harkness, and Henry Davis and constructed in 1873 as a memorial to peace and reconciliation following the American Civil War. Its original name was Memorial Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Luther Monument is situated in front of the church. The statue is a replica of the centerpiece of the Luther Monument in Worms, Germany, and was given to the church in 1884 by German emperor William I.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/117692287