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17-487: Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church ("Metropolitan AME Church") is a historic church located at 1518 M Street , N.W. , in downtown Washington, D.C. It affiliates with the African Methodist Episcopal Church . The congregation was founded in 1838, as Union Bethel (Metropolitan) A. M. E. Church. In 1880, John W. Stevenson was appointed by Bishop Daniel Payne to be pastor of

34-734: Is a major street downtown and the main east–west street in the Georgetown neighborhood. M Street NW begins at the Key Bridge , which crosses the Potomac River at the 3500 block. To the west of 36th Street, M Street turns into Canal Road . M Street was originally called Bridge Street until the roads in Georgetown were renamed in 1895 to conform to the street names used in Pierre Charles L'Enfant 's original plan for

51-538: Is again two-way. Although, halfway through the 900 block, the street turns eastbound. Between 9th and 7th Streets NW, it passes underneath the Walter E. Washington Convention Center . From 5th Street to North Capitol Street , it assumes a complex traffic pattern because of the intersections and near-intersections of several high-traffic streets: M, New York Avenue / U.S. Route 50 , the northern terminus of Interstate 395 , New Jersey Avenue, and North Capitol Street. Traffic

68-492: Is blocked by Massachusetts Avenue SE and Fort Dupont Park . Georgetown street renaming The Georgetown street renaming occurred as a result of an 1895 act of the United States Congress that ended even the nominal independence of Georgetown from Washington, D.C. The Act required, inter alia , that the street names in Georgetown be changed to conform to the street-naming system in use in

85-506: Is west-to-east from 5th to 4th, east-to-west from New York to 4th, and west-to-east from New York through North Capitol and onto M Street NE. M Street NE runs west-to-east from North Capitol Street to Florida Avenue between 6th and 7th, where it terminates at the gates of Gallaudet University . Along the way, it uses an overpass to avoid the Union Station rail yard . Because the intervening Trinidad neighborhood does not follow

102-645: The Anacostia River limits M Street SE east of 11th to being a named on-ramp for I-295 (the 11th Street Bridges to the immediate south and the Southeast Freeway to the immediate north), Water Street SE (home of several boating clubs), and Pennsylvania Avenue SE at the John Philip Sousa Bridge before terminating. The most prominent intersection on M Street between those points is with South Capitol Street. M Street runs along

119-461: The Key Bridge and Canal Road. From Pennsylvania Avenue to Thomas Circle at 14th Street , M Street is designated for one-way traffic with vehicles driving westbound-only. M Street once again becomes two-way in Georgetown. This stretch is highly developed, consisting mainly of apartments from 26th to 21st and businesses from 21st to Thomas Circle. From 14th Street to 5th Street NW, M Street

136-638: The Proud Boys and four of its members, Tarrio, Joe Biggs , Jeremy Bertino and John Turano . Kravitz said that the four men had engaged in "hateful and overtly racist conduct". M Street (Washington, D.C.) The name " M Street " refers to two major roads in the United States capital of Washington, D.C. Because of the Cartesian coordinate system used to name streets in Washington,

153-424: The building to its list of 11 of America's Most Endangered Places due to water damage and other structural problems requiring $ 11 million in renovations. President Barack Obama attended services here on Sunday, January 20, 2013, before his second inauguration . A Black Lives Matter banner was stolen from the church and burned during a pro-Trump march on December 12, 2020 . Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio

170-457: The church for the purpose of building a new church, which would become Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church. The cornerstone was laid in September, 1881. However, Stevenson's methods were upsetting to some of his congregation, and Stevenson was removed before the building was finished after asking for a salary that was deemed too high. The new building was dedicated on May 30, 1886 and

187-457: The federal city. Where 32nd Street would otherwise be, M Street intersects with Wisconsin Avenue . At 29th Street, it meets the western terminus of Pennsylvania Avenue . This is the last major intersection before the M Street Bridge over Rock Creek , which forms the eastern border of Georgetown. The section in Georgetown carries heavy commuter traffic because it connects Pennsylvania Avenue with

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204-576: The grid pattern, M Street does not emerge again until Bladensburg Road (between 16th and 17th). This two-way stretch dead-ends after intersecting with Maryland Avenue (where 26th Street would be), because the remaining land between that intersection and the Anacostia River is occupied by the United States National Arboretum and Langston Golf Course . The portion of Washington across the Anacostia follows its own variant of

221-479: The grid pattern, so while there is no M Street NE, the Deanwood neighborhood of Anacostia does have a Meade Street NE in the location where M Street would have re-emerged. About a mile south of the U.S. Capitol, M Street is a major east–west traffic thoroughfare connecting Maine Avenue with Interstate 295 . The Potomac River prevents M Street from extending farther west than 6th Street/Maine Avenue. Likewise,

238-476: The name "M Street" can be used to refer to any east–west street located twelve blocks north or south of the dome of the United States Capitol (not thirteen blocks, as there is no J Street). Thus, in all four quadrants of the city there are streets called "M Street", which are disambiguated by quadrant designations, namely, M Street NW , NE , SW , and SE . In Northwest Washington , M Street

255-657: The northern edge of the Washington Navy Yard (between 1st and 11th) and near Nationals Park , between 1st and South Capitol. Another segment of M Street SE continues east of the Anacostia River. Beginning at the Anacostia Freeway (DC-295, roughly where 29th Street would be), it runs diagonally southeast for two blocks, merges with Anacostia Road for one block, then straightens out for two blocks before terminating at 34th Street SE. Its route

272-633: Was constructed by architect George Dearing. According to the church, it is the oldest continuously black-owned property in the original 10-mile-square parcel of the District. The funerals of abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1895) and civil-rights activist Rosa Parks (2005) were held in the church. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. In May 2010, the National Trust for Historic Preservation added

289-421: Was later arrested by Washington, D.C. police and charged with one count of destruction of property, a misdemeanor offense. On January 4, 2021, the church filed a lawsuit against both Proud Boys International, LLC, and Tarrio; neither responded and the church sought default judgment against both. In June, 2023, District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Neal E. Kravitz imposed civil penalties of over $ 1 million on

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