Seventeen acres of Moore's Farm, located in the Glenwood neighborhood (now known as Edgewood), were purchased for $7,000 ($219,235 in 2021 dollars) on September 23, 1858. The society bought a site, but then discovered that the title to it was not clear. In 1858, the German Evangelical Church Society decided to purchase a cemetery for Concordia Church. The congregants soon built a parsonage and parochial school, and established a German Evangelical Church Society in 1847 to assist with administration, fundraising, and other church affairs. The church had a small burying ground adjacent to it.
Finkle (or Finckel), who assumed the pulpit on December 27, 1846. The growth in the church was due to the burgeoning German community in the city as well as the influence of Reverend Samuel D. In 1853, the Reformed and Lutheran elements of the congregation erected a church building at 20th and G Streets NW and changed the name of the congregation to Concordia Church. The small Lutheran and Reformed congregation first worshipped at City Hall along with Catholics and Jews. The German Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized by German immigrants to Washington, D.C., on January 27, 1833. The German Evangelical Church Society of Concordia Church ( pictured) bought and founded Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Prospect Hill remains an active cemetery, and continues to accept burials.įounding of the cemetery and management issues Founding the cemetery Established as a burying ground for members of the Lutheran faith, it gradually became a secular cemetery. In the 20th century, Prospect Hill Cemetery sold unneeded land, dismantled its chapel, and repositioned the cemetery's main entrance toward North Capitol Street and away from Lincoln Road NE. North Capitol Street was built, and the cemetery compensated fairly for its property. This led to the passage of an Act of Congress, the declaration of a federal law to be unconstitutional, the passage of a second Act of Congress, a second major court battle, and the declaration by the courts that the city's eminent domain procedures were unconstitutional. From 1886 to 1898, the cemetery also engaged in a struggle against the District of Columbia and the United States Congress, which wanted construct a main road ( North Capitol Street) through the center of the cemetery. From 1886 to 1895, the Prospect Hill Cemetery board of directors battled a rival organization which illegally attempted to take title to the grounds and sell a portion of them as building lots. Prospect Hill Cemetery, also known as the German Cemetery, is a historic German- American cemetery founded in 1858 and located at 2201 North Capitol Street in Washington, D.C.
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