Eldbrooke United Methodist Church

Eldbrooke United Methodist Church is a historic church in Washington, D.C. It is located at 4100 River Road, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Tenleytown neighborhood.

Eldbrooke United Methodist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	4100 River Road, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38.949038°N 77.081157°W / 38.949038; -77.081157
Area	less than one acre
Built	1926
Architect	Cutler, Howard Jr.
Architectural style	Mission/Spanish Revival
MPS	Tenleytown in Washington, D.C.: 1770–1941, MPS
NRHP reference No.	08000840[1]
Added to NRHP	September 05, 2008

History

The first church on this site, called Mount Zion Methodist, was established in 1840, in the vicinity of Tennally Town, a farming village, approximately three miles north of Georgetown, on the Rockville Pike. The original structure may have been rebuilt after the Civil War. In 1899, the building was renovated and expanded, and the name was changed to Eldbrooke, after Aquila Eld and Philip Brooke, who were among the founders.

The Spanish Colonial Revival building, designed by Howard Wright Cutler, was built in 1926. Descendants of the Eld family were still present in the 1960s. After church membership had declined thru the latter 1900s, responsibility for ministry was assigned to Metropolitan United Methodist Church in the 1990s, and ministry was discontinued in early 2000s. The property was purchased by The City Church in 2008.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "the Tenleytown Historical Society". Retrieved 8 March 2016.