Sanctuaries SIXTH AND H STREETS NE
CALVARY EPPISCOPAL CHURCH , at 820 Sixth Street, has been a community anchor since 1901. For most of its early years, the congregation, led by founding rector Reverend Franklin I.A. Bennett, met at 11th and G. In 1941 it welcomed the Reverend Dr. James O. West as rector . e dynamic Rev. West drew so many new members that soon the parish needed a larger sanctuary. Eight years later Calvary moved to its current home, the former Church of the Good Shepherd. West is remembered for co-founding the family social services center Hospitality House, sheltering and feeding the homeless in his rectory, and counseling troubled Vietnam veterans. “ e city looked to him as a community leader,” Judge Kaye K. Christian recalled. Mount Olive Baptist Church at 1140 Sixth Street was founded in 1873 as a branch of Second Baptist Church of Northwest D C. e current church rests on the site of i ts r st meeting place, the home of Robert and Martha Terrell. Mount Olive has focused on serving needy members of the community with free food and clothing, holding outdoor evangelistic services, and mentoring teenaged boys. Radio station WOL operated from Fourth and H Streets during the 1980s and ’90s. Neighbors remember the station’s studio overlooking the street, where large windows revealed on-air guests and dynamic host Cathy Hughes.
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