Tumwater Methodist Church is a historic church at 219 W. B Street in Tumwater, Washington. It was built in 1872 and added to the National Register in 1984.
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| Location | 219 W. B St., Tumwater, Washington |
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| Coordinates | 47°0′52″N 122°54′21″W / 47.01444°N 122.90583°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1872 |
| NRHP reference No. | 84003636[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 12, 1984 |
When it was built it was one of two churches in Tumwater, (the other being Baptist);[2] initially the minister rode circuit preaching and serving much of Thurston County over the course of the week.[3] The Olympia Methodist Church helped to support the Tumwater church's formation. In the 1930s the adjacent parsonage was sold and a two-story addition was built uphill from the original church which added a social hall, classrooms, and plumbing. The building served as the location of Tumwater Methodist Church for almost 100 years until they sold the property to Unitarians in the 1960s,[4] who worshiped there it until outgrowing it and transferring ownership, in the early 1990s, to a Quaker congregation.
The building currently hosts St. James' Christian Episcopal Church. This congregation worships according to the Book of Common Prayer (1928) edition. Often considered a High Church tradition, which is found in many Anglo-Catholic parishes.
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ http://fbctumwater.org/672466 History of First Baptist Church of Tumwater
- ^ Tumwater Methodist Church, minister's journal 1872-1873, (Timberland Regional Library - Olympia microfiche collection)
- ^ http://www.fumcoly.org/?page_id=484 Olympia First United Methodist Church
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