16 images. St. Peter's Episcopal Church Rev. Charles Bonnell, arch. Geo. E. Atkinson, supt. of construction -first services held 8/10/1873 -construction took ten days -land donated by Edward S. "Skookum" Smith and Captain Starr -timber donated by the Hanson-Ackerson Mill -21 ft. by 45 ft. -fir tree cut at 48 ft. to serve as bell tower -bell donated by the Sunday school of St. Peter's Church of Philadelphia -including the age of the tree in the calculation, Tacoma boasted of "the oldest bell tower in America" -fir tree replaced with new tower in 1935, after being damaged in a windstorm -added to National Register 11/5/1974 -added to Tacoma Register by Resolution No.23227, 2/18/1975 -although it was formally tied to the Episcopal Church, St. Peter's had a long tradition as a community church -granted the status of an independent Christian enterprise in 1977 -also known as St. Peter's Chapel-at-Ease SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File Daily Pacific Trib. 8/11/1973 p.3 Church services Daily Pacific Trib. 9/18/1873 p.3 Local news T.News 11/16/1882 p.1 St. Peter's Church and bell tower (sketch)
TDL 7/5/1890 p.4 The oldest church tower
TDL 1/7/1900 p.9 Episcopal work ... House Beautiful Sept. 1905 p.29 The little Old Town church (il, interior il) World Today May 1905 p.556
TDL 3/8/1908 p.43 (il,history)
TDL 10/18/1908 p.4 Preserve historic Old Town landmark
TDL 12/14/1913 p.47 (il)
TDL 5/9/1915 p.35 "Built" church tower for $10 he didn't get (Andrew J. Babcock) (il)
TDL 12/20/1915 p.15 A.J. Babcock 95 today, proud of his spryness (Babcock reported to have fashioned the historic church tower of St. Peter's) TNL 5/5/1918 p.A10 Oldest church tower will be marked
TNT 11/30/1921 Do you remember? (sketch)
TNT 6/8/1922 Do you remember? (il) T.Times 7/16/1924 In the old days
TDL 10/6/1929 p.A16 Tacoma landmark, to be repaired (il) T.Times 10/7/1929 To make repairs on oldest church
TNT 3/5/1931 Will ring out again
TDL 3/8/1931 p.D8 (repairs)
TNT 6/8/1931 Lay reader at pioneer Old Town church accorded appreciation for score of years of work
TDL 4/24/1932 p.A13 Campaign for $100 to repair church
TNT 12/8/1934 Tower damaged
TDL 4/4/1935 p.1 1,000 year belfry is repaired (il)
TNT 4/6/1935 Old stump bell tower changed T.Times 9/24/1935 After many years T.Times 9/27/1935 After many years (il) T.Times 23/8/1945
TNT 4/6/1946 p.4 Old St. Peter's given piano T.Times 8/7/1948 75th anniversary ... (il)
TNT 8/10/1948 p.4 St. Peter's Church now 75 years old
TNT 8/13/1948 p.6 St. Peter's model will be shown (constructed by Oscar Anderson)
TNT 1/2/1949 p.C10 Oldest Tacoma church on Yule card from East (il)
TNT 6/27/1951 p.12 Old Tacoma church had bell perched on stump (il)
TNT 6/29/1951 p.27 St. Peter's crowded (celebration of St. Peter's Day) Seattle P.I. 6/30/1951 p.4 Old bell peals at St. Peter's (il)
TNT 9/10/1952 p.C7 Church of yesteryear, fashions of today (il)
TNT 1/11/1953 Sunday school revives, will have new building (Northwest Bible Schools builds next to church)
TNT 6/28/1955 p.1 Church spruced up for 82nd anniversary
TNT 5/11/1956 p.9 Episcopalians to restore St. Peter's (il)
TNT 6/24/1956 p.A3 Group plans restoration of St. Peter's
TNT 6/28/1956 p.C1 Pilgrimage planned to old church
TNT 6/29/1956 p.5 Bishop Bayne cordially invites you ...
TNT 6/30/1956 p.1 600 attend 3 services in historic old church
TNT 12/30/1956 p.D1 Ringing in 1957 (il)
TNT 3/30/1957 p.1,3 Old bell rings again; (installed in new cupola designed by Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch.) (il of restored bell tower)
TNT 6/27/1957 p.A1 Services set in historic St. Peter's (restoration by Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch. and Rinaldo Keasal, supt. of construction)
TNT 6/28/1957 p.16 Rebuilt church sets Saturday communion (old parish house demolished)
TNT 6/30/1957 p. A1,D12 Historic church ready for many more years (il)
TNT 6/28/1958 p.4 St. Peter's bell to toll
TNT 4/7/1959 Old St. Peter's (il)
TNT 6/29/1963 p.3 City's oldest church to mark 90th birthday (il)
TNT 6/28/1964 p.D1 Let freedom ring (il)
TNT 10/24/1965 p.D2 Tacoma's oldest church weaves past into present day wedding
TNT 6/27/1969 Jason Lee started Tacoma area church history ... (il)
TNT 5/6/1973 Tacoma landmarks (sketch)
TNT 8/4/1973 p.A4 Still nurturing faith (interior il) T.Review 8/8/1973 (il)
TNT 11/18/1973 Time Machine
TNT 1/3/1975 Placed on National Register (sketch)
TNT 1/24/1975 Old Town church urged as landmark
TNT 2/5/1975 Old church gets landmark status (added to Tacoma Register)
TNT 3/29/1975 Old church to be fixed
TNT 3/25/1977 Burglary won't postpone dedication at St. Peter's
TNT 3/28/1977 "Historic site" rites Sunday for old church
TNT 5/17/1997 p.HB1 Places with a past ... Grand Homes Tour
TNT 12/19/1998 p.B1 A foundation for the faithful (il of permanent bldg. foundation being installed) Senior Scene Mar. 1999 p.8 Old St. Peter's Church (il)
TNT 6/22/2000 p.B1 Maintaining a landmark (il of bell tower being reroofed)
TNT 8/5/2008 p.B1 Humble church grew up right alongside Tacoma (il in 1957)
TNT 10/26/2009 p.A1 A glimpse inside sacred Tacoma Senior Scene Aug. 2013 p.3 Old St. Peter's has seen a lot in 140 years (il) 270 T279T 716 T112A (il) 917.9778 V679V (il) 929.379778 P219P 979.7 P317E p.34 (il) 979.702 G135O p.21,128 (il) 979.72 H91 Vol.I p.222-26 (il) 979.72 T11R Tacoma; the rising center of commerce and manufacture. Delisle & Milliken publishers (il) 979.778 H628H Vol.I p.83 979.778 M823S p.44-45 (il)