Church For Sale
22 October 2008 10:11 PM | By Prince Of Petworth in Churches, Neighborhoods - Columbia Heights 
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That could be converted into a pretty sick house, yeah? It’s located at 3100 13th Street, NW on the corner of 13th and Irving. Sadly, I couldn’t find how much it was going for. If anyone finds it can you post the price in the comments section?
And it can be yours for $2.5 million. For some reason that doesn’t sound outrageous to me…
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22 October 2008 10:23 PM | hipchickindc Said:
http://matrix.mris.com/Matrix/Public/Email.aspx?ID=27502842266
$2.5 million.
23 October 2008 7:52 AM | Matthew :) Said:
Alice doesn’t live in the restaurant, she lives in the church nearby the restaurant, in the bell tower, with her husband Ray and Facha the dog. And livin’ in the bell tower like that, they got a lot of room downstairs where the pews used to being. Havin’ all that room,
seein’ as how they took out all the pews, they decided that they didn’t have to take out their garbage for a long time.
23 October 2008 8:25 AM | hipchickindc Said:
Thanksgiving dinner, man!
23 October 2008 9:10 AM | on11th Said:
I have seen it done before…Any WI folks out there, remember “the church” 304 N. Hamilton in Madison?
23 October 2008 9:17 AM | KevintheRealtor Said:
The sale also includes the red rowhouse next to the church on Irving–
23 October 2008 9:28 AM | GforGood Said:
Its approriately listed as “Commercial” property.
23 October 2008 9:49 AM | IntangibleArts Said:
Finally, I’ll be able to run into someone’s house and shout PEW! — something I’ve dreamed of doing for decades.
23 October 2008 10:13 AM | nate Said:
There is big money to be made in running a church if you do it right. People will just give you money…
23 October 2008 11:49 AM | saf Said:
One night in Donegal… or perhaps it was Galway? No, it was Donegal.
Anyhow, we went to hear a band. They were a good band, and we ending up hanging out all evening and having drinks with the band, and it was cool. But it was the weirdest space. It had been a church, once upon a time, that had been de-commissioned (Yeah, I know that’s the wrong word, but I don’t know what Catholics call un-blessing a place. Anyhow.) So most of the pews had been taken out, and the altar area had been turned into the stage, and the drummer was on the high altar and the bassist was up on pulpit, and.. I swear, it really was so. That was a fun night.
There also used to be a place in Atlanta called “The Abbey” that was in an old church. Fabulous place with an astounding wine cellar. Long gone now though.
23 October 2008 12:38 PM | Salvation included? Said:
Is salvation included? If so, 2.5 mil is a bargain!
23 October 2008 12:45 PM | youdontknowme Said:
saf: deconsecration is the word you’re after.
23 October 2008 1:12 PM | saf Said:
Thank you YDKM. That is exactly the word.
23 October 2008 1:13 PM | youdontknowme Said:
I like it when people abbreviate my handle. Makes me feel like KMFDM.
23 October 2008 2:35 PM | Oregonian Said:
Indeed, on11th, that church would make a wicked neighborhood bar….
Could be a lot like what the McMenamin’s do with cool old buildings in Oregon:
http://www.mcmenamins.com/index.php?loc=57
23 October 2008 3:08 PM | SG Said:
Man, takes me back to my youth in NYC. There used to be a club on 6th Avenue downtown called Limelight. It was built in an old church. It ran the gamut from dance to punk to metal to goth to rave – as each style came in and went out of fashion. But it was a great space. Wonder what the ANC police would say if you tried to turn this place into a club.
23 October 2008 5:44 PM | ShermanCircle Said:
Also, a wonderful venue in Amsterdam, the Paradiso, is an old church. Stained glass windows above the stage, and balconies & I think I recall bars in the choir loft.
23 October 2008 7:05 PM | WalterG Said:
Maybe we could recreate the Farm, lure Michael Chiklis in from LA, and get those BizLats out of CH once and for all.
24 October 2008 11:05 AM | Anonymous Said:
there is a church on capital hill that was turned into apts or condos. i dont remember where exactly…close to eastern market maybe.
09 March 2009 9:40 PM | JoeOn11th Said:
Anon 11:05, that’s on South Carolina at 10th, I think. Maybe 9th. And maybe D. Been a while since I lived down there. Anywho, that’s a different architectural style that lends itself quite a bit better to conversion. I think it turned out quite well. I’d live there.