http://boyinthebands.com/archives/cool-nineteenth-century-universalist-fact/ Scott Wells on the practice of Christian faith Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:43:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://boyinthebands.com/archives/cool-nineteenth-century-universalist-fact/#comment-23532 Boy in the bands » Blog Archive » Masonic Hall today Sun, 04 Jun 2006 04:46:40 +0000 http://www.universalistchurch.net/boyinthebands/archives/cool-nineteenth-century-universalist-fact/#comment-23532 [...] James (Pereginato) pointed out that the Masonic Hall, where the Washington Universalist parish met when Walt Whitman was a visitor (c. 1870), was not demolished as I had feared. In fact, it is in a vital part of downtown across the street from the National Portrait Gallery (which has been closed for renovations for six years and reopens July 1!) and catty-corner from the new Spy Museum. You can have a very nice and expensive seafood dinner there now. The strip of F Street in the foreground (where the black sedan drove up) is called Walt Whitman Way. Walk back behind you from the vantage of the photo, and you will get to the office where Clara Barton ran her Missing Soldiers Office. (National Park Service press release). The building’s now condo, with the original space preserved for history — and a Starbucks on the ground floor. [...] […] James (Pereginato) pointed out that the Masonic Hall, where the Washington Universalist parish met when Walt Whitman was a visitor (c. 1870), was not demolished as I had feared. In fact, it is in a vital part of downtown across the street from the National Portrait Gallery (which has been closed for renovations for six years and reopens July 1!) and catty-corner from the new Spy Museum. You can have a very nice and expensive seafood dinner there now. The strip of F Street in the foreground (where the black sedan drove up) is called Walt Whitman Way. Walk back behind you from the vantage of the photo, and you will get to the office where Clara Barton ran her Missing Soldiers Office. (National Park Service press release). The building’s now condo, with the original space preserved for history — and a Starbucks on the ground floor. […]

]]> http://boyinthebands.com/archives/cool-nineteenth-century-universalist-fact/#comment-23505 Scott Wells Sat, 03 Jun 2006 03:44:56 +0000 http://www.universalistchurch.net/boyinthebands/archives/cool-nineteenth-century-universalist-fact/#comment-23505 Well that's good news. I can't visualize it, and the Google Maps satellite image suggests another building; perhaps just a unifying roof. Hubby and I might have to swing past it tomorrow with the digital camera . . . . Well that’s good news. I can’t visualize it, and the Google Maps satellite image suggests another building; perhaps just a unifying roof. Hubby and I might have to swing past it tomorrow with the digital camera . . . .

]]> http://boyinthebands.com/archives/cool-nineteenth-century-universalist-fact/#comment-23504 peregrinato Sat, 03 Jun 2006 03:10:52 +0000 http://www.universalistchurch.net/boyinthebands/archives/cool-nineteenth-century-universalist-fact/#comment-23504 I believe it is <a href="http://www.karchem.com/projects/office/office_1.html" rel="nofollow">still around</a>.... I believe it is still around….

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