This church is one of the 11 most endangered historic places in the nation.
It’s the Metropolitan AME Church, located on M Street between 15th and 16th streets in downtown Washington, DC.
According to a recent article in “DCist,”
The church hosted Frederick Douglass‘s and Rosa Park’s funeral, had President Taft, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Bishop Desmond Tutu as speakers, and held pre-inaugural prayer services for President Clinton. Continue reading