Ellen G. White Lodged Here
Story by Shannon Kelly / Image from the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists
Iowa Circle Sanitarium was the location of the original Washington Branch Sanitarium and Treatment Rooms and a feeder to the Washington Sanitarium in Takoma Park, Md. Originally constructed in 1877 by Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the U.S., the sanitarium is just a short walk from the White House.
The building was eventually remodeled into an Adventist sanitarium containing about 30 rooms and an outdoor park space where patients could get sun and fresh air. En route to a General Conference session in Takoma Park, Ellen G. White lodged there May 9, 1905.
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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