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St. Matthew's Church, 15th and H. Streets, Washington, D.C. – Vintage Wall Art

St. Matthew's Church, 15th and H. Streets, Washington, D.C., [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
St. Matthew's Church, 15th and H. Streets, Washington, D.C., [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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St. Matthew's Church, 15th and H. Streets, Washington, D.C. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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St. Matthew's Church, at the corner of 15th and H Streets in Washington, D.C., is the subject here, and the building's position in the city's downtown is what gives the view its interest. The record gives no date, so the exact year of the exposure is unknown. St. Matthew's Catholic parish was established in the city in the mid-nineteenth century and grew with the neighborhood around Lafayette Square, which became a center of government, business and church life. Photographs of urban churches from this period often show how a congregation's building stood among the streets, shops and houses that surrounded it.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: DC, Wash.--Churches; Churches--DC; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,184 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-132420

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