Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. Located at the intersection of Sixth & Fife, the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church has been a presence in the area since 1924. The church was designed by architects Heath, Gove & Bell and was built of cut stone. An educational wing, to the right of the original imposing edifice, was added in 1963.

Sixth Avenue Baptist Church (Tacoma); Baptist churches--Tacoma;

Exterior of unidentified church under construction. This circular church was in the process of being built in the spring of 1966. It was located in the Burien area, at approximately 132nd and 2nd Ave. The building had steel framing. Photograph ordered by National Blower & Sheet Metal Co.

Building construction--Burien--1960-1970; Churches--Burien--1960-1970;

Church under construction. This unidentified church in the Burien area would be built with secure steel framing in the spring of 1966. It would have a unique circular appearance including steel roof. The church was located approximately at 132nd & 2nd Ave. Photograph ordered by National Blower & Sheet Metal Co.

Building construction--Burien--1960-1970; Churches--Burien--1960-1970; Roofs--Burien;

Unfinished roof on unidentified church. This circular steel roofline was in the process of being completed in April, 1966, as construction of this Burien-area church proceeded. Steel was used heavily in the church's framing. The church, not identified, was located in the vicinity of 132nd and 2nd Ave. Photograph ordered by National Blower & Sheet Metal Co.

Building construction--Burien--1960-1970; Churches--Burien--1960-1970; Roofs--Burien;

Interior of Mountain View Lutheran Church, Edgewood. A wooden pulpit is embedded in rock inside the Mountain View Lutheran Church in Edgewood. A simple cross surrounded by stone is at the altar. Rows of wooden pews face the cross and pulpit. The building is A-shaped with wooden dormers. Rev. Paul Braafladt was the congregation's pastor. At the time of this 1965 photograph, the church had a Puyallup address of 3617 - 21st St. N.E. Photograph ordered by Howard Smith Advertising. (Additional information provided by a reader)

Churches--Edgewood--1960-1970; Lutheran churches--Edgewood--1960-1970; Mountain View Lutheran Church (Edgewood); Pews--Edgewood; Crosses; Pulpits--Edgewood;

Exterior view of Mountain View Lutheran Church in Edgewood. Large cross is focus of the ultra-modern A-framed Lutheran church's exterior on December 9, 1965. Rev. Paul Braafladt was the congregation's pastor. At the time of this 1965 photograph, the church's address was located in Puyallup's North Hill at 3617 -21st St. N.E. Photograph ordered by Howard Smith Advertising. (TNT 5-15-66, C-20) (Additional information provided by a reader)

Churches--Edgewood--1960-1970; Lutheran churches--Edgewood--1960-1970; Mountain View Lutheran Church (Edgewood); Crosses;

The wooden pews are empty in the Mountain View Lutheran Church in Edgewood (then Puyallup) on December 9, 1965. Stone accentuates the natural appearance of this Lutheran church with its heavy emphasis on natural woods. This view was captured looking from the pulpit into the remainder of the sanctuary, including the organ loft. The church dedicated its new 17-rank tracker pipe organ on November 28, 1965, during Sunday morning worship. The organ weighed four tons and contained 856 pipes arranged in 17 ranks or sets with 13 speaking stops. It was the largest church pipe organ in the Puyallup-Sumner area. At the time of this 1965 photograph, the church showed an address of 3617 - 21st St. N.E., Puyallup. Photograph ordered by Howard Smith Advertising. (TNT 11-26-65, C-3) (Additional information provided by a reader)

Churches--Edgewood--1960-1970; Lutheran churches--Edgewood--1960-1970; Mountain View Lutheran Church (Edgewood); Pews--Edgewood; Pulpits--Edgewood;

Studio portrait of Rabbi Richard Rosenthal. The leader of Temple Beth El for many years, Rabbi Rosenthal was a German immigrant who graduated from both Centenary College and Hebrew Union College. Besides his rabbinical duties, he also taught at the University of Puget Sound. He passed away at the age of 69 on March 3, 1999. Many lauded the man who united Tacoma's Jewish community and called him a "truly holy man."

Rosenthal, Richard; Rabbis--Tacoma;

McKinley Park Christian Church. Located near E. 40th & Spokane St., the McKinley Park Christian Church had been a presence in the neighborhood for nearly fifty years. The brick-and-wooden church was topped with a white steeple. It had a slanted ramp for those unable to walk up the small stairs. According to the 1965 City Directory, the Rev. Marvel D. Dunbar was pastor of the church. Photograph ordered by Percy Ball, A.I.A.

McKinley Park Christian Church (Tacoma); Churches--Tacoma--1960-1970;

McKinley Park Christian Church. Late afternoon sun illuminates the sanctuary of the McKinley Park Christian Church in August, 1965. Curving ceiling beams and wood rafters accompany the wooden rows of pews. Eyes would be drawn to the simple cross with its stone background on the wall behind the altar. McKinley Park Christian Church was located at 3741 E. Spokane St. and had Rev. Marvel D. Dunbar as its pastor. Photograph ordered by Percy Ball, A.I.A.

McKinley Park Christian Church (Tacoma); Churches--Tacoma--1960-1970; Pews--Tacoma;

Exterior exposure of Temple Beth El's South Temple, formerly known as Talmud Torah Synagogue and Sinai Temple. Designed by architects Hill & Mock, and built by contractors Knoell & Westerfield in 1925, the Italian Renaissance Romanesque Talmud Torah Synagogue was located at So. 4th & I Sts. Its congregation was more traditionally minded than Temple Beth Israel's reformists, however in 1960 both congregations voted to merge. Rabbi Richard Rosenthal was elected to lead the combined congregations, now called Temple Beth El. Temple Beth Israel on No. 4th St. was sold in 1964 to the Apostolic Faith Church and Talmud Torah, the South Temple, was sold in 1968 to the Tacoma Blood Bank. The Talmud Torah was demolished and its site used as a parking lot for Tacoma General Hospital. Photograph ordered by Tacoma Realty. (History of Pierce County, Vol. 1, p. 15) TPL-8677

Talmud Torah Synagogue (Tacoma); Synagogues--Tacoma;

Interior view of the Temple Beth El's South Temple on May 28, 1964. The Star of David is carved onto the many pews in the sanctuary as well as on the large circular window behind the curtained Ark. Two menorahs flank the bimah. Temple Beth El's South Temple was known as the Talmud Torah Synagogue. It was built in 1925 in the classic Italian Renaissance style with arched ceilings and glass windows. Talmud Torah Synagogue, although more traditionally minded, had merged with Temple Beth Israel in 1960. Now called Temple Beth El, it would sell its North Temple on No. 4th & J in 1964 to the Apostolic Faith Church; four years later, the Tacoma Blood Bank would acquire the Talmud Torah property. It was demolished and a parking lot established in its place. A new synagogue for the combined congregations was dedicated in 1968 at So. 12th & Vassault. (History of Pierce County, Vol. 1, p. 15) Photograph ordered by Tacoma Realty.

Talmud Torah Synagogue (Tacoma); Synagogues--Tacoma;

Confirmation class. Rabbi Richard Rosenthal stands among the May, 1964, confirmation class at Temple Beth Israel. The fourteen young men and women are dressed in robes with the males wearing talliths with a striped design.

Rosenthal, Richard; Rabbis--Tacoma; Confirmations--Tacoma; Judaism--Tacoma; Temple Beth El (Tacoma); Synagogues--Tacoma;

Members of Tacoma's Rainbow Court No. 42 and Seattle's Sarah W. Dupree Court No. 19 of the Heroines of Jericho held joint Holy Week services in Tacoma at Bethlehem Baptist Church in March of 1964. Members and officials of the Rainbow Court are posed in the foreground; Seattle contingent in back row. L-R, front row: Era M. Martin, Vivian Jones, Lucy B. Marshall, Jessie M. Baldwin, Worthy Joshua Gerald L. Baldwin, Hallie Brooks, Sarah Booth, Julie Gillum and Berdie Johnson. 2nd row: Maggie White, Lizzy Green, Cora Walker, Octavia Charles, Benny Ruth Fox, Elizabeth Wesley and Laura Latmier. 3rd row: Court directors Louis J. Marshall and Robert L. White, Helen Adams. 4th row: Clara White, Mrs. Allen M. Douglas, Helen Krisel, Edith Allen, Janie M. Bennett, Leona Kidd, Floy Ruffins, Addalana Moore, Beatrice Chatters and past Worthy Joshua William Hawkins. (TNT 3-26-64, p. 7)

Group portraits; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1960-1970; African Americans--Tacoma--1960-1970; Bethlehem Baptist Church (Tacoma); Heroines of Jericho;

The John Wallerichs and their antique 1908 American Underslung Roadster pose outside of St. Luke's Episcopal Church on April 27, 1963. Joining them are Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Reid and their small children, Courtney and Tad. The Reid children are dressed in clothing worn earlier in the century while their parents appear to be wearing dusters to protect their clothing while traveling in the open-air car. They are all on their way to attend the 13th annual antique sale sponsored by the Women of St. Luke's to be held May 7-9, 1963. Photograph ordered by the St. Luke's Episcopal Church. (TNT 5-5-63, D-1) TPL-10584

St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Tacoma); Wallerich, John; Wallerich, John--Family; Reid, Samuel; Reid, Samuel--Family; Reid, Courtney; Reid, Tad; Automobiles--1900-1910;

Youngsters 9-17 gathered at the First Assembly of God Church at 1121 So. "G" (now Altheimer) on August 22, 1962, for a missionary convention. View of approximately 300 children and older members in church's sanctuary, including many in the extended balcony. The First Assembly of God was host to the Western Washington Missionette Convention of the Assemblies of God. Missionettes are girls age 9-17 whose aim it is to help missionaries at home and abroad by supplying clothing, literature and visual aids. (TNT 8-18-62, p. 4)

Meetings--Tacoma--1960-1970; Religious meetings--Tacoma--1960-1970; First Assembly of God (Tacoma); Churches--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Interior of unidentified church near Seattle-Tacoma Airport, taken on June 28, 1962. Photograph features unusual open-beamed ceiling, apparently circular, with suspended lighting. Note there are no pews, only folding chairs. There is plenty of natural light with skylight and large windows. This is probably the hexagonal chapel of the Wayside Congregational Christian Church. Located in a former swampy area in Federal Way at Maltby Rd. & 312th St., the newly completed cedar building was connected by a bridge to an education building. Photograph ordered by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. (TNT 7-25-62, A-9)

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Exterior of contemporary wooden church near Seattle-Tacoma Airport, taken on June 28, 1962. This unidentified church appears to be newly constructed as there is no landscaping present. The church has a modified steeple on its round roof and a connected walkway between it and a nearby building, possibly classrooms. This is tentatively identified as the newly built Wayside Congregational Christian Church chapel and education building in Federal Way. The three-year-old church had 120 members. Photograph ordered by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. (TNT 7-25-62, A-9)

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Exterior - Temple Baptist Church, 1961. Designed by Silas E. Nelsen and built of reinforced concrete in 1949, the Temple Baptist Church was located at 245 Saint Helens Avenue. Dr. Robert L. Powell was the church's pastor. The sanctuary was completed in 1960. Temple Baptist has been located at 1108 Columbia Ave. in Fircrest since 2001.

Temple Baptist Church (Tacoma); Baptist churches--Tacoma;

ca. 1960. Exterior of St. Patrick's Church. Designed by architect Frederick Heath, the French Gothic-styled church celebrated its first services on Christmas, 1906. The church was dedicated on June 30, 1907. View of the massive stone building shows a crowd of people milling around the open doors; this spring, 1960, photograph was probably taken at one of the many weddings which occurred on its premises.

St. Patricks Catholic Church (Tacoma); Catholic churches--Tacoma;

Rabbi Richard Rosenthal poses with a wide-eyed group of nine children, seven boys and two girls, at the Temple Beth Israel Synagogue on October 23, 1959.

Rosenthal, Richard; Rabbis--Tacoma; Judaism--Tacoma; Temple Beth Israel Synagogue (Tacoma); Synagogues--Tacoma; Children--Tacoma--1950-1960;

The bas relief at the front of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Parkland, ordered by the Olympian Stone Co. of Seattle. The original church at this site was "The Gray Church" built in 1907 and also named Trinity Lutheran. It was demolished in 1957 and this new church, designed by John Richards of Lea, Pearson and Richards, was dedicated in March of 1959. The relief over the door was designed by Pacific Lutheran College Art Professor George Roskos. The three ton sculpture illustrates the parable of the sower, how both seed and the word of God need fertile soil to take root and grow.

Trinity Lutheran Church (Parkland); Lutheran churches--Parkland; Bas-reliefs;

Trinity Lutheran Church, 121st St. and So. Park Ave., Parkland. Trinity was the area's largest Lutheran church. It was designed by John Richards of Lea, Pearson & Richards, architects. The main sanctuary could seat 800-1,000 people. A parsonage was added in 1961, designed by the same architectural firm. The church was remodeled in 1993, under the direction of the BJSS Group, architects. (TNT 3/8/1959, pg. C-15)

Trinity Lutheran Church (Parkland); Lutheran churches--Parkland;

Trinity Lutheran Church, 121st St. and So. Park Ave., Parkland. Three bells adorn the tower above the Trinity Lutheran Church, designed by John Richards of Lea, Pearson & Richards, Architects. Trinity was the area's largest Lutheran church; its sanctuary could seat 800-1000 worshipers. It was dedicated on March 8, 1959 and over 2600 persons attended the dedication. (TNT 3/8/1959, pg. C-15)

Trinity Lutheran Church (Parkland); Lutheran churches--Parkland;

Trinity Lutheran Church, 121st St. and So. Park Ave., Parkland. This bas relief over the main entrance was designed by Pacific Lutheran College Assistant Professor of Art George Roskos. It illustrates the parable of the sower. The 3 ton sculpture relates how the word and the seed need friendly soil. The first figure on the left is depicted preaching the word and sowing the seed. The next group depicts non-concern and egotism, also the birds eat the seed. The next seed are cast in rocky and shallow soil and wither away. The next group of figures have the trappings of the church, but still show lack of interest. The third group shows greed and lust for riches, as one of them clutches a money bag. In the group furtherest to the right, all seven figures hold a reaper. The seed has been planted in rich, deep soil and is bearing fruit. During the design period, the artist worked with a 5 x 18 foot canvas and applied wire lath and clay. It took 1500 pounds of plaster to make a 14 piece mold. The mold was filled with aggregate. The sculpture weighed 3 tons and was lifted up at either end with 1 ton hoists. The area's largest Lutheran Church was dedicated on March 3, 1959. Over 2600 persons attended the dedication. (TNT 3/8/1959, pg. C-15, 3/22/1959, pg. C-17)

Trinity Lutheran Church (Parkland); Lutheran churches--Parkland; Bas-reliefs;

Interior and exterior exposures of St. Charles Borromeo Church and buildings were taken on September 8, 1958. This view has been identified by a reader as the front hall/entryway of St. Charles Borromeo School. There is a large statue of St. Joseph holding a small child on the left. Trophy and display cases now flank the statue today. Over 200 children, up to the sixth grade, were enrolled in the new school taught by Franciscan sisters.The church sanctuary, school, parish hall, gym, convent and rectory may have been completed in 1958. The church building was finished in 1969. Photograph ordered by St. Charles Borromeo Church. (TNT 9-20-58, p. 4) (Additional information provided by a reader)

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Modest altar - St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. The new church had an enormous sanctuary; this September 8, 1958, photograph has been identified by a reader as in all likelihood the chapel in the convent. There were several pews and a wood-based altar. Vertical shutters were slightly opened, allowing light from the stained glass windows to enter. Photograph ordered by St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church.

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church (Tacoma); Catholic churches--Tacoma--1950-1960; Pews--Tacoma; Altars--Tacoma;

Sanctuary at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. A new parish was formed to serve the people of the city's west end and bridge area; St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church had its first buildings completed in 1958. It was dedicated that year by the Archbishop of Seattle. View of large, wood-enhanced sanctuary shows arched beams, rows of pews and two statues of Mary and the Sacred Heart flanking the altar. Archibishop of Seattle, Thomas A. Connolly, dedicated the rectory, school, and convent on September 21, 1958. The school gym was used as the church at this time since the church was not yet finished. Photograph ordered by St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. (TNT 9-20-58, p. 4)

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church (Tacoma); Catholic churches--Tacoma--1950-1960; Pews--Tacoma; Altars--Tacoma; Sculpture--Tacoma;

The "ultra-modern" St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Lakewood was dedicated in September, 1957. It was designed by architect Robert Billsbrough Price and built by the Korsmo Brothers. The unusual A-framed building appears to have had heavy duty laminated beams anchoring it to cement blocks. These beams are very similar to those glue-lam beams installed in the cafetorium at the new Henry F. Hunt Junior High School in Tacoma, which was also designed by architect Price. Photograph ordered by Woodlam, Inc.

St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Lakewood); Episcopal churches--Lakewood;

Dark laminated beams draw attention to the arched wooden ceilings of Messiah Lutheran Church in Auburn. The eye is caught, not only by the dramatic arches, but by the large, simple cross on the brick tower behind the altar. The arches serve to focus concentration on the cross. This July 17, 1958, photograph was taken from the rear of the church, possibly in the choir loft or balcony. From this viewpoint the many rows of wooden pews can be seen. The new $100,000 building included church offices and a conference room in addition to the sanctuary. Built on a concrete slab with glue-laminated arches and partial brick veneer, the Lutheran church was dedicated on Sunday, July 13, 1958 by Dr. Swen L. Swenson. Rev. Carlton L. Berg was to be the new pastor. The church was located at 4th and "H" Sts. N.E. in Auburn. Photograph ordered by Woodlam, Inc. (TNT 7-12-58, p. 4)

Messiah Lutheran Church (Auburn); Lutheran churches--Auburn; Laminated wood;