218 results for: Religion and Spirituality
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Sacred Heart Church convent, Seattle, circa 1928
Sacred Heart Church was the second Catholic church to be built in Seattle, assembled from materials left after the 1889 fire at Sixth and Bell Street. That first church burned in 1899 and was rebuilt by 1901. In 1928, Sacred Heart became a victim of the Denny regrade project. This building is the convent. The bell tower of the Denny…
ID Number:1983.10.3565.1
Date:Circa 1928
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University Temple United Methodist Church, Seattle, circa 1928
The University Methodist Temple has a history that traces back to 1891 when a group of Methodists met in the Latona School to plan Sunday School classes. The church had several temporary homes and a small chapel at N.E. 42nd and Brooklyn Ave. N.E. until 1927, when this impressive structure was built at 15th Ave. N.E. and N.E. 43rd St.…
ID Number:1983.10.3566
Date:Circa 1928
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St. Anne's Church, Seattle, October 24, 1928
This wooden Church of St. Anne stood on 2nd Avenue West and West Lee Street on the top of Queen Anne hill. A school building was constructed on an adjacent lot in 1922, and a convent in 1930. With increased population on Queen Anne in the 1940s and 50s, the old church became too small, and the church purchased property…
ID Number:1983.10.3576.1
Date:1928
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St. Mary's Church, Seattle, circa 1928
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church began in 1899 and moved to this location at 611 20th Avenue South a few years later. The church formerly ran a school in the adjacent building, and today they lease it to a private school. Handwritten on sleeve: St. Mary's Church.Photographer's Reference Number: 130339
ID Number:1983.10.3584
Date:Circa 1928
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University Christian Church, Seattle, circa 1929
The University Christian Church/Disciples of Christ was established in 1889 and had its first chapel in Latona. In 1913, the church relocated to 15th Avenue NE and NE 50th Streets, where it remains today. The first building completed at this site is shown on the far right of the photo. The main sanctuary with its impressive tower was completed in…
ID Number:1983.10.3649
Date:Circa 1929
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Pilgrim Congregational Church, Seattle, April 3, 1929
Still in existence today, the Pilgrim Congregational Church was listed at this location of Broadway and East Republican St. beginning in 1901. In 2003, the church combined with another church to become All Pilgrims Christian Church. Handwritten on sleeve: Pilgrim Cong. Church 4/3/29.Photographer's Reference Number: 131109
ID Number:1983.10.3664.1
Date:1929
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Briscoe School, Kent, circa 1929
The Briscoe Memorial Boys School operated in Kent from 1909 to 1970 as an Catholic orphanage and boarding school. Caption on image: Briscoe School - Kent, Washington.Handwritten on sleeve: Briscoe School, Kent, Wash.Photographer's Reference Number: 129527Caption information source: "Briscoe Memorial Boys School is founded in Kent on October 24, 1909," by Hilary Pittenger, HistoryLink.org Essay 20873
ID Number:1983.10.4037.1
Date:Circa 1929
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Columbus Hospital, Seattle, circa 1930
The Roman Catholic Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart ran Columbus Hospital on Seattle's First Hill, at Tenth Avenue and Madison Street. The hospital was opened as the Columbus Sanatorium in 1916 by Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini. Columbus Hospital became St. Francis X. Cabrini Hospital in the late 1950s and closed in 1990. Until the late 1960s, the sisters ran…
ID Number:1983.10.4211.2
Date:Circa 1930
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Emmanuel Church, Seattle, November 20, 1930
Located at 503 North 50th Street across from Woodland Park, this church is today called the Emmanuel Bible Church. Handwritten on sleeve: Western Const. Co. - Emanuel Church Ext.Photographer's Reference Number: 136076
ID Number:1983.10.4235
Date:1930
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Madrona Presbyterian Church, Seattle, December 3, 1930
Madrona Presbyterian Church is located on the southeast corner of 32nd Avenue and East Marion Street. Handwritten on sleeve: Madrona Presbyterian Church Ext 12/3/30.Photographer's Reference Number: 136076
ID Number:1983.10.4237.1
Date:1930