Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church was founded in 1889 to meet the needs of a growing Seattle population. The congregation's first dedicated church building was built in 1890 at 5th Avenue and Stewart Street, in downtown Seattle. By 1897 they had outgrown it and moved into a new building at Seneca and Broadway on First Hill. In 1923 land was purchased on Tenth Avenue East in anticipation of further growth. In 1926, Saint Mark’s was designated to be the Cathedral of this Diocese, and in 1931 construction was completed on the current building.
In this image members of the church pose for a in the vestry of St. Mark's Church, then at 5th and Stewart. Individuals identified are: inset, left to right: Hiram Burnett, senior warden, Trinity Parish; Charles E. Vilas, secretary of a building and loan society. Standing, left to right: C. B. Hills, brokerage business; Mr. Ricksecker, architect; J. B. Powles, commission merchant; Winfield R. Smith, attorney, secretary of vestry; Crittenden Van Wyck, fire insurance agent, director of chamber of commerce, church treasurer. Seated, left to right: Charles Prosch, Jr, warden, founder and publisher of first newspaper in Seattle; Reverend David Claiborne Garrett, the first rector, 1890-1896; A. Albert Marsdon Brooks, church treasurer, cashier of Boston National Bank.
Caption information source: The Seattle Sunday Times, May 3, 1931, page 41 Caption information source: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c82r3ttj Caption information source: http://www.saintmarks.org/events-2/history
ID Number: 1957.1290.1
Date: 1894
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
