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The assembly moved to a rented building at 1420 H Street, NE, and later to a rented building at 245-15th Street, SE. In 1938, the assembly constructed a chapel at 5720 South Dakota Avenue, NE, in Washington.
After the chapel at South Dakota Avenue was sold, the assembly services were held in the SDA’s church building on Riggs Road in Adelphi, Maryland on a rental basis, during the construction of the New Hampshire Avenue Gospel Chapel at 12608 New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring, still its current location. Among those who assisted with the building's design, included [[Donald William Kuester]] (1921-1963), who while serving as Sunday School superintendent, held influence over determining the size of the building, its style of architecture, and interior finishing, before drowning in a sunken submarine while on a Navy mission. The first services in the present building were held in the chapel on May 24, 1964, and according to Letters of Interest (1966-June/July), "the following Sunday, a number saved in the Sunday school, who were waiting with real anticipation for the new building, were baptized.
Formal dedicatory services were held June 6 and 7, 1964, conducted by [[Alfred Perks Gibbs|Alfred P. Gibbs]] and [[George McCulloch Landis|George M. Landis]], both of which who had also ministered at the opening of the Chillum Heights building in 1938. Mr. Gibbs continued with special gospel and ministry meetings, and Mr. Landis followed later with special ministry of church truth.
* [https://www.nhagc.org/ NHAGC's website]
* Letters of Interest: 1966-June/July
* Light & Liberty: 1963-June
