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		B1 INDEX
		City Museum
		7th and I Sts NW
		Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
		Greater New Hope Baptist Church
		819-821 7th St
		Goethe-Institut Washington
		7th and H Sts.
		Calvary Baptist Church

GREATER NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH / WASHINGTON HEBREW CONGREGATION

Washington Hebrew Congregation, Washington's oldest Jewish congregation, was formed in 1852 and is associated with Reform Judaism. The congregation, originally essentially German, dedicated its 8th Street temple in 1898. President William McKinley attended the ground-breaking ceremonies.

Although not a copy of the famous Berlin Synagogue on Oranienburger Strasse, dedicated in 1866 and designed by Eduard Knoblauch, Washington's 8th Street Temple is reminiscent of the 3200-seat Berlin synagogue. Both buildings, in turn, recall the famous Dresden Synagogue built by Gottfried Semper in 1840.

The building has been home to Greater New Hope Baptist Church since 1954, the church having been organized in 1933.

Washington Hebrew Congregation is now located at 3935 Macomb Street, N.W.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 Wymer Biography
John Phillip Wymer (1904-1995) worked as a statistician for the National Bureau of Standards. But on weekends between 1948 and 1952, his hobby was to document Washington by photographing all sections of the city in a systematic manner. This article gives more background on Wymer's amazing work.