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2A10-B
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- 1936-04-26 (Creation)
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Cornerstone laying at the new location for St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church. Posed, left to right, were Tacoma Mayor George Smitley, Bishop S. Arthur Huston of the diocese of Olympia, Rev. R.A. Walmsley, pastor of Bethany Presbyterian Church, and Rev. Arthur Bell, rector of St. Luke's. The April 26, 1936, dedication was being held in front of what was known, until the reconstruction of St. Luke's began a few months prior, as St. Mark's Episcopal Church. The historic St. Luke's had stood at the corner of 6th & Broadway for over half a century. It was being dismantled stone by stone and reconstructed at this site at No. 36th and Gove St. Rev. Walmsley had brought a stone from Jerusalem to be included in the new stone walls. (TDL 4/27/1936, pg.1; T. Times 4/27/1936, pg. 3)
St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); Episcopal churches--Tacoma; Cornerstone laying--Tacoma--1930-1940; Mayors--Tacoma--1930-1940; Smitley, George A., 1872-1956; Bell, Arthur; Walmsley, R.A.; Huston, S. Arthur;