Living in Takoma Park/Washington, D.C.
Story by Shannon Kelly / Images Courtesy General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Archives
Beyond carrying out the business of the Church, historic Adventist figures lived in the Takoma Park/Washington, D.C., area.
The residential homes of various Seventh-day Adventists can be seen around the area today. Carroll and Flower avenues hosted former General Conference presidents, as well as many Adventist missionaries, physicians and pastors.
7625 CARROLL AVENUE: The Irwin/Kress home was the residence of George Irwin and his wife, Nettie Johnson (pictured)—who once hosted Ellen G. White during a G.C. session—and later, the residence of pioneer medical missionaries Daniel Kress and his wife, Loretta Eby-Kress.
7633 CARROLL AVENUE: The home of Arthur G. Daniells and Mary Ellen Hoyt Daniells. Among other positions, Arthur was chair of the General Conference Committee in 1901—the position that, after 1903, became known as president of the General Conference.
7641 CARROLL AVENUE: The home of Harry W. Miller, physician and pioneer missionary in China, who eventually became the medical superintendent of the Washington Sanitarium. He is credited with inventing soy milk.
The Columbia Union Conference—which covers the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States—is home to many locations where people of the Seventh-day Adventist faith made (and continue to make) history. But how did the greater Washington, D.C., area become a church hub in the first place? And where can one find impactful, lesser-known historic sites within the Columbia Union territory?
Take a road trip with historians Michael Campbell, North American Division director of Archives, Statistics, and Research, and Phillip Warfield, a Ph.D. candidate studying United States 20th Century History at Howard University (D.C.), as they introduce—or for some, reintroduce—several interesting and exciting Adventist spots you and your family can visit this summer. So, grab your hiking boots and sunscreen because we’re off!
Find more details and history in our online articles!
- Ellen White Stayed Here in 1905 (Washington, D.C.)
- George Washington Likely Stayed Here (Pine Forge, Pa.)
- Where the Great Controversy Vision Took Place (Bowling Green, Ohio)
- First Adventist Church in Washington, D.C.
- What Was The People's Church? (Washington, D.C.)
- Where Is the Oldest Adventist Building Still in Use? (Ford, Va.)
- Where the Great Controversy Vision Took Place (Bowling Green, Ohio)
- What Happened to Lucy Byard (And Why is it Important to Adventism?)
- Which Adventists are Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery? (Washington, D.C.)
- Why Did the General Conference Move to Takoma Park?
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