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ORDOTEMPLIINTERNETIS ago

The Church - 1525 Newton St Nw, Washington, DC 20010 - (Principal Address on file from 121 Locust VA)

1525 Newton St Nw, Washington, DC 20010

St Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal

FYI

St. Stephens & The Incarnation Church in the 60's and early 70's held Boys Club #10 on the top floor. It was run by DC Metropolitan Police. The top floor held pool tables, ping pong tables, an activity room and office for staff. The area where the stage is now was also used as a half court basketball court. The basket hoop was at the opposite end of the stage. Rev. William Wendt opened the church to everybody who came; hippies who needed a place to stay and sleep(basketball court and stage), people from the poor peoples march, a Troup from Lorton prison on Saturdays, migrants in DC protesting for better working conditions, etc. It was a time whereby anyone could show up. Rev. Wendt actually lived with his daughters on Newton St., in a house next to the church. It was a white house with a large porch. The area where housing now exist was a combination of playground, full basketball court and parking on the Newton St side and parking on the Center St and Meridian Pl. side. It also had a carriage house that wasn't used and was falling apart. Houses existed next to the apartment 1440 Meridian Pl., just before church parking. Note: Center St was open and a drive through from Meridian Pl to Newton St. back then. Lived on Meridian Pl.

I also got to learn a little bit about the history of the church. Including that they had involvement in a gay liturgical union back in the 1970's, a full 40 years ago. Talk about being ahead of the curve and right on. They have a HUGE history of community involvement in some pretty amazing ways.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/st-stephen-and-the-incarnation-episcopal-washington

https://www.saintstephensdc.org/new-to-st-stephen-s

We Are Family DC https://www.wearefamilydc.org/contact-us/

Homeless Children's Playtime Project 1525 Newton St

Thrive DC 1525 Newton St

Washington Peace Center https://washingtonpeacecenter.net/contactus/ https://washingtonpeacecenter.org/

HacDC is a non-profit organization and space dedicated to technical, artistic and social collaboration. We are technologists, tinkerers, crafters and codemonkeys who call DC home. https://www.facebook.com/groups/hacdc/