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St. John's Church in the 1890s
- Date of Work
- c. 1890
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- Library of Congress
St. John's Church in the 1890s
Pedestrians on Sixteenth Street pass Saint John’s Church in a photograph taken in the 1890s. The Nell Arthur memorial window is centered on the south transept facing H Street and Lafayette Park.
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