ROCK CREEK CHURCH
Tudor Place to-day is well preserved, and its gardens give it added beauty.
TUDOR PLACE, SHOWING GARDENS ON THE EAST SIDE
ROCK CREEK CHURCH (ST. PAUL’S) IN ROCK CREEK CEMETERY
Rock Creek Church is to the north of the Soldiers’ Home. The original building was erected by the people of the Eastern Branch and Rock Creek in 1719 in what was then St. Paul’s Parish, and was for many years the oldest parish church in the District of Columbia. It was rebuilt in 1775 and remodeled in 1868. It burned on April 6, 1921, but was again rebuilt.
In 1726 the separation of this parish from St. John’s (Georgetown) marked a religious era in the future National Capital. Of the seven men appointed to establish the town of Georgetown, five were officers of this parish.
In the cemetery surrounding the church is the famous Adams Memorial by Saint-Gaudens.