Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-06

Leading the list of important me-
mortal and worship edifces, which en-
brace practically every church denomi-
nation in Washington, is the develop
ment of the Washington Cathedral,
national base for the American Episco-
PAL Church. Although far from being
completed, construction work on the
group of buildings that comprise the
Cathedral. located on Massachusetts
Avenue Heights, just south of Wis
consin avenue, has gone ahead steadily
during the several years since it was
first planned.
Development of a new college unit, a
crypt of the Cathedral proper, a school
OF the Cathedral foundation and other
additions during the past three years
at the Cathedral has constituted an
undertaken expenditure Of approx
mately $1,00o,00O, or ab7ut one-sixth
of the total church construction work
for the period. records OF the building
inspectors Office show AS funds be-
come available, work on this national
church and its affiliations is expected
to continue for several years to come.
Other individual church buildings
undertaken during this same period in
clude the new st. Paul's English Lu-
theran Church at 1900 Thirty-sixth
estimated to cost ultimately more than
$625, 1000. This church is being con-
structed from plans drawn by the de-
signers of the Washington Cathedral.
The National City Christian Church,
completed last Summer on a site adj
jacent to Thomas Circle in close
proximity to the downtown area, con-
sidered by observers as a marked adj
dition to the Identification of the Ma
tional Capital, was erected at a cost of
approximately 100000.
Other church enterprises for which
permits to erect were sought during
the past three years include the fol-
lowing: Lord Memorial Baptist Church,
Sixteenth and Monroe streets north
east, $3.50 900; Mount Pleasant NJ E.
Church, BIAS Sixteenth street, $116.-
00o; Metropolitan Baptist Church.
Sixth and A streets northeast, $780,
600 (addition); Fourth Presbyterian
Church, Thirteenth and Fairmont
streets, 100000; Fourth Church of
Christ Scientist, 3505 Sixteenth street,
$450,000; st. Pauls Vestry Sunday
school, Rock Greek Church road, $780,
600; st. Adams parish house, 3001
Wisconsin avenue, $55,0o0; st. Johns
NJ. E. Church. 1903 Stanton road
Stephen Church. 1925 Newton street,
$l87 900: Church of the Pilgrims, 1916
Twenty-second street, $3.50, 900.
Lincoln Memorial Congregation Tenn
pie. 1903 Eleventh street (Sunday
school, 10000; University Memorial
Church, 1900 Sixteenth street, S207,-
eco; Lutheran Church OF Atonement,
6 U street northeast, $780, 900; Calvary
Baptist Church, TIC Eighth street,
$4,000; st. Matthews Lutheran
Church, SGT Kentucky avenue south
east, $4,000; st. Gabriel's Catholic
Church, IS Grant Circle, $3.50, 900;
Western Presbyterian Church, 1903 H
street, $4,000: First Colored Baptist
Church, 705 Sixth street southwest,
$4,000: Central Presbyterian Church,
1872 Irving street Sunday SCHOOL,
$50 900; st. Paul's NJ. E. Church South,
400 Thirteenth street, 10000; Christ
Lutheran Church, Sixteenth and CAL
latin streets, $4,000, and the Metro
politan Memorial M. E. Church, Ne
braska and New Mexico avenues,
$270,000.
In addition to the above, plans were
fled with the building inspector this
week for Church of the Latter Day
Saints at Sixteenth street and Column
bia road, the cost of which was not in
dicated. The church is a Mormon
organization.