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902 MARKET ST, TACOMA

  • 7 images. First Baptist Church -dedicated 3/16/1884 -rededicated 12/18/1892 after remodeling -farewell service 11/29/1923
  • TDL 1/6/1884 (nearing completion)
  • TDL 3/16/1884 (dedication)
  • TDL 6/23/1892 p.4 The new Baptist church (remodeling by Bullard & Maynard, arch.)
  • TDL 7/17/1892 p.4 (Edwards & Barrager, contr. for remodeling)
  • TDL 12/19/1892 p.3 Given to the Lord (rededication)
  • TDL 6/23/1907 p.33 (il)
  • TDL 11/15/1908 p.32... to celebrate silver jubilee (il)
  • TDL 2/19/1913 (il)
  • TDL 3/22/1914 p.43 (il of choir)
  • TDL 4/9/1916 p.12 (il) TNL 4/8/1917 p.37 (interior il)
  • TNT 2/12/1943 1st Baptist celebrates (il)
  • TNT 3/26/1948 First home (il)
  • TNT 5/14/1966 p.4 Baptist sanctuary to be dedicated (rededication after remodeling) (interior il)
  • TNT 6/21/1975 (il c.1889) 979.72 H91 Vol.I p.311 979.778 H628H Vol.III p.34
  • Year Built: 1884
  • Decade Built: 1880s
  • Demolished: 1923

902 MARKET ST, TACOMA

  • 7 images. First Baptist Church Heath, Gove & Bell, arch. J.E. Bonnell, contr. -Wilkeson sandstone donated by Robert Walker -ground breaking 5/14/1923 -cornerstone laid 11/27/1924 -dedicated 6/21/1925 -remodeled in 1966 -plans at TPL
  • TDL 10/24/1920 p.E8 Tells plans for close-in church
  • TDL 1/2/1921 p.B6 Plan huge church on downtown site
  • TDL 1/9/1921 p.E9 (sketch of proposed church)
  • TDL 4/1/1923 p.A15 $250,000 church is plan of Baptists (sketch)
  • TDL 4/8/1923 p.A14 Noted worker to aid church drive; Divine, of Brooklyn, leads campaign to "keep down town church"
  • TDL 5/13/1923 p.A6 Baptists will start church
  • TDL 5/15/1923 p.2 Ground broken for new church (old parsonage to be moved to So. 18th & Fawcett for use as Japanese Baptist Mission) (hard copy only)
  • TDL 6/10/1923 p.A9 Four new churches....
  • TDL 11/4/1923 p.E8 Mid-city church fills big place
  • TDL 4/6/1924 p.E10 (foundation by J.E. Bonnell & Son, contr.)
  • TDL 4/20/1924 p.E10 Congregation to raise $100,000
  • TNT 4/18/1924 Here's how new church will appear (sketch)
  • TDL 8/10/1924 p.B4 To finish church in 8 months
  • TNT 11/26/1924 (il under construction)
  • TDL 5/26/1925 p.1 (il)
  • TNT 5/16/1925 (il)
  • TNT 6/4/1925 p.11 Dedication set ... (il,interior il)
  • TDL 6/7/1925 p.A15...to be finished soon
  • TDL 6/21/1925 p.A1 Baptists will dedicate new church today
  • TDL 6/23/1925 p.2...organ dedicated
  • TDL 6/28/1925 p.A3 Baptists ready for dedication
  • TDL 10/11/1925 p.A7 Girl plays chimes which are heard pealing over city daily
  • TDL 1/3/1926 p.D1 Baptist women plan "at-home"
  • TDL 3/14/1926 P.A4 Stage set for big Cushman celebration (il)
  • TDL 3/22/1927 p.3 Will Rogers entertains large crowd
  • TNT 5/12/1927 Tacoma Baptist Church in lead (largest congregation on Coast, except Los Angeles) (il)
  • TDL 4/10/1928 Gravure Sec. p.3 (il) T.Times 1/6/1930 Biggest Baptist Church (il)
  • TDL 2/4/1931 p.3 Pianist plays tonight for all Tacoma music lovers (appearance by Vladimir Horowitz)
  • TNT 3/23/1933 Church to celebrate golden anniversary (il)
  • TDL 3/26/1933 p.B1 Baptists plan celebration; fiftieth anniversary...
  • TDL 6/27/1933 p.C5 (il)
  • TDL 4/30/1934 p.1 Baptists cut debt $108,700; first church assured of saving downtown edifice..
  • TDL 4/18/1935 p.1 First Baptist Church facing tax of $6,500
  • TDL 3/29/1936 p.D2 (il)
  • TNT 10/28/1940 p.3 Trapp Family singers here
  • TNT 2/12/1943 p.4 1st Baptist celebrates; will mark 60th ... (il)
  • TNT 5/14/1943 p.1 Noted evangelist here (appearance by Gipsy Smith)
  • TNT 5/27/1943 p.15 Service men, vets invited by Gipsy Smith
  • TNT 11/17/1945 p.6 Flames will consume 1st Baptist mortgage T.Times 12/18/1947 Church chimes bring familiar Christmas hymns
  • TNT 6/3/1949 p.1 Remove parapet (damaged in earthquake) (il)
  • TNT 7/21/1950 p.21 (permit for alterations)
  • TNT 3/13/1951p.15 Dedication Wednesday (interior il of new Burnham Chapel) (donated by Elmer Burnham in honor of his parents, Mr. & Mrs. W.E. Burnham)
  • TNT 9/21/1952 p.C13 First Baptist tower under repair (repairs to earthquake damage by Mock & Morrison, arch. and E.G. Walker, contr.) (il)
  • TNT 10/19/1957 p.5 First Baptist Church to hold dedication rites (for basement remodeling)
  • TNT 3/18/1958 p.11 Diamond Jubilee (il)
  • TNT 1/20/1966 p.24 First Baptist redecoration in 1st phase (Jardeen Brothers, contr.)
  • TNT 5/14/1966 Baptist sanctuary to be dedicated (after remodeling) (interior il)
  • TNT 6/21/1975 First Baptist to note buildings anniversary
  • TNT 1/16/1976 Time Machine
  • TNT 10/27/1979 First Baptist decides to stay (il)
  • TNT 4/30/1983 p.A5 ... ends centennial year Sunday 286 B11H 286 F519F 720 ST711S Stone : ten thousand years ago and now / pen drawings and historical data by Muriel Cambern (il) 979.778 H628H Vol. III p.34 (il) ----- Urban Grace Church -"the Downtown Church"
  • TNT 4/9/2005 p.B3 Tacoma church renews ties to downtown; with a new name ... T.Daily Index 8/24/2009 p.1 LPC will review First Baptist Church, Urban Grace historic nomination (il) T.Weekly 12/3/2009 p.A3 Urban Grace on Register
  • TNT 11/12/2016 Front pg. Preservation grant may be the saving grace for urban church (il) Preservation (magazine) Winter 2022 p.18 Amazing Grace (int and ext ils)
  • Year Built: 1925
  • Decade Built: 1920s
  • On City Historic Register
  • Style: Collegian Gothic