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'''Christ Church''', founded in 1817, is a historic [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] church located at 31st & O Streets, [[Northwest, Washington, D.C.]], in the [[Georgetown, Washington, D.C.|Georgetown]] neighborhood. Its first rector was [[Reuel Keith]] (1792-1842), who with [[William Holland Wilmer]] rector of [[St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Alexandria, Virginia)|St. Paul's Church]] in 1818 founded an Education Society to train Episcopal priests. Rev. Keith left this parish in 1820 to accept a position at [[Bruton Parish Church]] and teach at the [[College of William and Mary]] in [[Williamsburg, Virginia]], although he later returned to the new national capital and taught at the [[Virginia Theological Seminary]] when it was founded in 1823.
The current church building, built in 1885-1886, was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1972. It is significant for its architecture.{{clarify|date=July 2010}} It is also a contributing property in [[Georgetown, Washington, D.C.|Georgetown Historic District]], also listed on the National Register.
During the [[2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States|2020 coronavirus outbreak]] in the United States, on Sunday, March 8th, the rector of the church informed parishioners that he was the first Washington, D.C. resident to test positive for the coronavirus. All services were canceled that Sunday. According to the assisant to the rector, this was the first time the church had closed since a fire in the 1800s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-timothy-cole-rector-dc-christ-church-georgetown-tests-positive/|title=Rector of prominent Washington, D.C., church tests positive for coronavirus|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://georgetowner.com/articles/2020/03/08/georgetown-minister-being-treated-for-coronavirus/|title=Georgetown Minister Contracts Coronavirus: D.C.'s First Case|last=S|first=Peggy|last2=s|date=2020-03-08|website=The Georgetowner|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>
==See also==
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