Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes

Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes
Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes
Location1215 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
Washington, D.C.
CountryUnited States
DenominationEpiscopal Church
Websiteasa-dc.org
Architecture
Functional statusactive
Architect(s)Charles L. Carson, Thomas Dixon
StyleGothic
Completed1874
Clergy
RectorThe Rev. Dominique Peridans
Church of the Ascension
Location1215 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, District of Columbia
Coordinates38°54′18″N 77°1′43″W / 38.90500°N 77.02861°W / 38.90500; -77.02861
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1874
ArchitectThomas Dixon; Charles L. Carson
Architectural styleGothic
NRHP reference No.84000863
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 1984

The Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes is an Episcopal church building located at 1215 Massachusetts Avenue in Northwest Washington, D.C., US. The current structure built in 1874 as the Church of the Ascension was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. In the late 1940s, the Church of the Ascension merged with the nearby St. Agnes Episcopal Church and adopted its present name, under which it has continued as an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.

The church reported 127 members in 2018 and 203 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $973,291 with average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 97 persons.