Heritage Foundation Seeks Clearance to Demolish Church on Third Street, NE

424 Third Street, NE

Heritage Foundation Seeks Clearance to Demolish Church on Third Street, NE

by Larry Janezich

At Tuesday night’s CHRS Historic Preservation Committee, a representative of the Heritage Foundation made a presentation supporting the Foundation’s request for clearance to demolish the small church at 424 Third Street, NE, in the first block north of Massachusetts Avenue.  The church has been extensively modified and is not regarded as a contributing structure in the Historic District.

The representative explained that the building is in hazardous condition, and efforts by the Foundation to stabilize it have not succeeded.  The zoning for the site is R-4 residential, and the representative stated that the Foundation had no interest in applying for re-zoning, though their plans for the site at present are uncertain.