St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square

St. John's Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property
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Location	1525 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., U.S.
Coordinates	38°54′1.41″N 77°2′9.91″W / 38.9003917°N 77.0360861°W / 38.9003917; -77.0360861
Built	1815–1816
Part of	Lafayette Square Historic District (ID70000833)
NRHP reference No.	66000868[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	December 19, 1960
Designated NHLDCP	August 29, 1970

St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square is a historic Episcopal church located at Sixteenth Street and H Street NW, in Washington, D.C., along Black Lives Matter Plaza. 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".

Every sitting president has attended the church at least once since it was built in 1816, starting with James Madison.^[2] With the exception of Richard Nixon, every president since Franklin D. Roosevelt has attended spiritual services on Inauguration Day, many at St. John's.^[3] It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.^[1]