The third First Presbyterian Church building at 7th Avenue and Spring Street was erected in 1907, during the ministry of Rev. Dr. Mark A. Mathews, a Southerner from Jackson, TN, who led the congregation from 1902-1940. In 1962, a new Chapel and Christian Education Building dedicated to Matthews were built, and in 1968 the church shown here was demolished and replaced the following year with a new sanctuary.

This photo shows the cupola of one of the church's two domes being removed from the church. The domes were removed in 1962 because they were decaying, and they did not fit with the architecture of the newly opened wing. One of the domes housed radio station KTW, the first church-owned radio station in the world, and the other, shown here, had housed the study of Dr. Matthews.

Caption information source: "First Presbyterian Church of Seattle," at WA Secretary of State website, https://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/cities_detail.aspx?i=27.
Caption information source: Seattle Times, July 13, 1962, p. 2.
Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff.