St. John's Episcopal Church (Lafayette Square)
St. John's Episcopal Church | |
| Location | 1525 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 38°54′1.41″N 77°2′9.91″W / 38.9003917°N 77.0360861°W |
| Built | 1816 |
| Part of | Lafayette Square Historic District (ID70000833) |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000868 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated NHL | December 19, 1960 |
| Designated NHLDCP | August 29, 1970 |
St. John's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Sixteenth Street and H Street NW, in Washington, D.C., United States. The Greek Revival building, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, is adjacent to Lafayette Square, one block from the White House. It is often called the "Church of the Presidents". The church reported 2,445 members in 2019 and 1,527 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $1,481,895. Average Sunday attendance (ASA) in 2024 was 351 persons.
Every sitting president has attended the church at least once since it was built in 1816, starting with James Madison. Many of the traditional Inauguration Day spiritual services have been held at St. John's. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.