[2] The church building, located directly west of the parsonage, was dedicated May 15, 1892, and remains mostly in its original state.

[3][4][2] To the rear of the church, on its southern end, a three-bay Sunday School was added in 1899 and reconstructed in 1932.

The two buildings stand on a site that was in continuous ownership of the German congregation that built them since the late eighteenth century when the area was known as Funkstown or Hamburg, an early settlement that predated the founding of Washington.

[6] It was not until later that month or in early February that the group agreed upon an official name for their congregation: Concordia German Church.

[7] Once the funds were beginning to be secured, the next logical step for the congregation was to decide on a location for the building.

When Washington City was in its formative years, and while Georgetown was being touted as an up-and-coming area, Jacob Funk (sometimes spelled Funck), a German American, had purchased 130 acres (53 ha) of land next to Georgetown in hopes of creating an active German community.

[9][10] The area was commonly referred to as Hamburg and, despite Funk's best efforts, many plots of land remained untouched in the 1800s.

[13][14] Also in that time period, the church completed a renovation of the building's gymnasium, which increased the number of people it could hold from 500 to 800.

[13][15] The first record of Concordia German Evangelical Church in the Boyd City Directories appeared in 1850.

[24][25] This exponential growth in Lutheran churches and property values sheds light on the influx of inhabitants in the city during this era.

An association called "The Evangelical Society" realized that soon all the plots were going to be sold in the church's cemetery located between G and H and 4th and 5th Streets Northeast.

Instead of waiting for a meeting to be held to decide the issue, the society purchased new land on what is present day Prospect Hill Cemetery.

During his 23 years as pastor, especially in the 1860s, the church began donating to an orphanage located on 14th Street NW.

During his pastorate from 1870 to 1879, he reorganized the Sunday school to cater to the congregation better and founded the Ladies Aid Society.

Reverend Martin Kratt, who came in 1879, also assisted the community when he helped found the German Orphan Home.

[29] The church, Sunday school, and Ladies Aid Society all supported this orphanage in some way over the years.

Although this is for its ninth year of existence, in the back it lists that Concordia Sunday School donated five dollars which they used to purchase four gallons of ice cream and two barrels of breads and cake.

The National Republican edition of November 3, 1879, contained an article on the German Bakers’ Benevolent Association.

[22][23] Prior to retiring, Finckel baptized a boy who would become one of America's brightest young military composers, John Philip Sousa,[33] whose mother was of Bavarian origin.

[36] Fearful of losing its identity, Western Presbyterian left the merger and Concordia ended up permanently merging with just the United Methodist Congregation.

Its architectural features include a looming tower, quoins, molding, and stained glass windows.