Places of worship in Seattle

Buddhism[edit]

Cao Dai Temple
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Kadampa Buddhist Temple
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Nichiren Buddhist Church
Sakya Monastery
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Seattle Buddhist Church
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Viet Nam Buddhist Temple
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Wat Lao Dhammacetiyaram
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Christianity[edit]

Catholicism[edit]

Byzantine Catholicism[edit]

Saint John Chrysostom Church
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Roman Catholicism[edit]

Past churches:

The Church of Our Lady of Good Help at Third and Washington: Seattle's first Catholic church…
… and a later Church of Our Lady of Good Help at Fifth and Jefferson
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Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, corner 6th Avenue and Bell Street
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The onetime Church of the Immaculate Conception at Seattle College (now Garrand Hall at Seattle University)
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The Home of the Good Shepherd, still extant in Wallingford, was a school for wayward girls…
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Its former chapel is now a performance space.
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In the late 20th and early 21st century, the now-demolished Our Lady of Mount Carmel Center on Broadway just south of Seattle University served a largely immigrant Spanish-speaking population.

Present-day churches:

This early postcard of St. James Cathedral shows a now-lost dome.
The cathedral in 2019.
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Saint Alphonsus Church in Ballard
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Blessed Sacrament Church in the University District
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St. George Parish Church on Beacon Hill
Holy Rosary Church, West Seattle
Chapel of St. Ignatius, Seattle University
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Interior of the Chapel of St. Ignatius
Immaculate Conception, in the Central District, is the oldest surviving Catholic church in Seattle.
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The imposing St. Joseph's Church on Capitol Hill.
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Our Lady of Mount Virgin, on the west side of Mount Baker Ridge.
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Our Lady of the Lake in Wedgwood
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St. Mary's (Central District)
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St. Patrick's, in the Roanoke District
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Lower Queen Anne
St. Andrew Kim Korean Catholic Church, Northgate

Orthodox Christianity[edit]

Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption
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St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
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St. Nicholas Cathedral
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St. Spiridon Russian Orthodox Cathedral
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Protestantism[edit]

4550 11th Avenue in the University District: originally (1905) a Seventh Day Adventist Church and later a Lutheran church, in its last years it was a Hatha Yoga Center. Demolished 2012.
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Unity Church of Truth; Unity Church is a "Christian-based 'New Thought' religion".
First Advent Christian Church, now a performance space
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Adventism[edit]

Ballard Seventh Day Adventist Church
Spruce Street Seventh-day Adventist Church
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Volunteer Park Seventh Day Adventist Church
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Green Lake Church
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Baptist Christianity[edit]

Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
Beacon Hill First Baptist Church
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Central Baptist Church of Seattle, a Korean Baptist congregation in Georgetown
Chinese Southern Baptist Church
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Columbia Baptist Church, later Southside Church of Christ and now (2018) the secular Southside Commons.
Japanese Baptist Church
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Mission Baptist Church in Columbia City, shown here during renovations in 2017
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Mount Zion Baptist Church
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New Direction Missionary Baptist Church (in Georgetown)
The Progressive Missionary Baptist Church at 14th & Spring, demolished 2018
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Seattle First Baptist Church
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… and their earlier wooden 1899 church, shown here during regrade work c.1905
A presumably unrelated First Baptist Church (Swedish) once stood at the corner of northwest corner of 9th Ave and Pine St.
The former University Baptist Church, now (2018) Cross & Crown Church
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Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)[edit]

University Christian Church, scheduled for demolition as of 2018
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Christian Science[edit]

Former Christian Science churches:

First Church of Christ Scientist, now condominium apartments
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Fourth Church of Christ Scientist, now Town Hall Seattle
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Sixth Church of Christ Scientist, now the secular Sanctuary at Admiral
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Seventh Church of Christ Scientist
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Church of God in Christ[edit]

Upper Room, former Machzikay Hadath synagogue.
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Tolliver_Temple, former Sephardic Bikur Holim synagogue.
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Congregationalism[edit]

West Side Congregational Church in West Seattle (shown here in 1907), later replaced by a modern building now known as Admiral Congregational UCC.
Pilgrim Congregational Church in 1912…
…and nearly a century later, as All Pilgrims Church.
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Fauntleroy Church & YMCA.
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German United Church of Christ.
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Green Lake Congregational Church (1921-1959), later Sergeant Fletcher Daniels VFW Post #4137.
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Prospect Congregational Church
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An earlier Prospect Congregational Church on the same site, photographed in 1906…
…and with major modifications, photographed in 1913.
University Congregational Church at the northeast corner of NE 43rd and Brooklyn NE (1910-1952)…
…and its successor, University Congregational United Church of Christ at the northwest corner of NE 45th and 16th NE
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Plymouth Congregational Church[edit]

Plymouth Congregational Church has been through a number of buildings over the years:

At center here, the first Plymouth Congregational Church, built 1873 on the east side of Second Avenue between Marion and Spring. Used for just under 20 years by the congregation, it eventually became Olympic Hall (as seen here in 1899) and was torn down circa 1905.
Plymouth Congregational Church built 1892 on east side of Third Ave between Union and University Streets.
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Its 1912 replacement on Sixth Avenue between Seneca and University Streets, damaged beyond repair by an earthquake in the 1960s.
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Its columns remain in nearby Plymouth Pillars Park.
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Its modernist 1968 replacement at the same site.
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Episcopalianism[edit]

The pre-Fire Trinity Church, Seattle's first Episcopal church, built at Third and Jefferson in 1870, shown in 1873.
Its replacement, Trinity Parish Episcopal Church, shown c. 1905…
… and in 2007.
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In 1902, St. Marks Episcopal Church, then on Harvard Avenue between Spring and Seneca Streets, was cut in two and a 20-foot section added to the middle…
…then put back together like this.
An even earlier St Mark's at 5th Ave.and Olive Way, abandoned in 1903 and to be demolished soon after.
St. Andrews Episcopal Church.
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St. Clement's Episcopal Church.
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Epiphany Parish Episcopal Church.
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The former St. George's Episcopal Church, later George Center for Community. Empty as of 2018; its grounds recently held an organized homeless encampment.
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Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral.
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The rear of St. Mark's, seen from a distance.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church…
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…and a commemorative plate showing their old church.
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.
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The old church and parish hall of Christ Episcopal at 47th and Brooklyn in the University District, 1914…
… and their current church.

Lutheranism[edit]

The long-gone German Evangelical Zion Lutheran Church at Terry Avenue and Stewart Street, shown here in the early 20th Century
Swedish Evangelical Gethsemane Church, at 9th Ave near Olive Way, shown here in the early 20th Century…
… and its present-day successor Gethsemane Lutheran Church.
Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church near Green Lake began in 1908 as an outreach mission of Gethsemane Lutheran Church, and originally held services in Swedish.
The building at 1706 NW 65th Street in Ballard, now a private home, was the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church from 1919 to 1954.
The Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church stood 1890-1904 at 4th & Pine (more images)…
… Its congregation eventually became today's Denny Park Lutheran Church
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Ballard First Lutheran Church.
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Central Lutheran Church.
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Immanuel Lutheran Church
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Trinity Lutheran Church
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Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church

Mennonites[edit]

Seattle Mennonite Church.
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Methodism[edit]

Seattle's two earliest congregations were both Methodist.

The "White Church" (Methodist Episcopal), built 1855, replaced by the much more ornate…
First Methodist Episcopal Church, built 1889, replaced in turn by…
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… its 1908 successor, later known as First United Methodist Church, eventually secularized as Daniels Recital Hall a.k.a. The Sanctuary.
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The 1890 First Methodist Protestant Church at Third and Pine…
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…and its 1907 successor also known as Capitol Hill United Methodist Church, now secularized as the offices of Catalysis.
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Magann Tabernacle, 5th Ave and Union St, 1907
Another early congregation was the First Methodist Church (Swedish), shown here in 1909.
First Free Methodist Church is closely associated with Seattle Pacific University.
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The former University Methodist Episcopal Church, which now (2018) houses the non-denominational Vineyard Christian Fellowship, as well as some shops.
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Queen Anne United Methodist Church
Ravenna United Methodist Church
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Sand Point Community United Methodist Church
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Trinity United Methodist Church
University Methodist Temple
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A.M.E.[edit]

African Methodist Episcopal Church

Zion A.M.E. Church
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First A.M.E. Church
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Mormonism[edit]

An early Mormon meeting house in the western part of Fremont, shown here in 1910, was torn down in 1912. It had originally (1890) been Lake Union Presbyterian Church, but that congregation went broke in the Crash of 1893.
Another early Mormon church in Seattle, between Downtown and Capitol Hill, lived on for many years as a lodge house of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
LDS Seattle North Stake meeting house
LDS church at 9500 Myers Way S

Nazarenes[edit]

West Seattle Church of the Nazarene

Non-denominational Protestantism[edit]

Bread of Life Mission
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City Church, in the former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local #46
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First Covenant Church, formerly Swedish Tabernacle
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Fort Lawton post chapel
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Interfaith Community Church
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Seattle Community Church
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West Seattle Christian Church
All Saints Church, Queen Anne Hill
Northgate Open Bible Church

Pentecostalism[edit]

The former Crystal Pool natatorium served for many years as Bethel Temple; it was redeveloped as a condominium tower, although much of the exterior remains.
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Mount of Transfiguration
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Philadelphia Church
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The Vineyard Christian Fellowship meets in the old University Methodist Episcopal Church
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Calvary Christian Assembly in the Roosevelt District, seen here from Interstate 5. An Assemblies of God church.

Presbyterianism[edit]

An old Presbyterian church, Olive Way between 7th and 8th Avenues later became Seattle headquarters of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
This building in the western part of Fremont was originally (1890) short-lived Lake Union Presbyterian Church is shown here in 1910 as a Mormon church; two years after that, the building was demolished. It was one of roughly half a dozen Seattle Presybterian churches built on the same "stock" building plan.
Another lost building: the Welsh Presbyterian Church at Tenth and John, shown here c.1909
Bethany Presbyterian Church
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Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church
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Mount Baker Park Presbyterian Church
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University Presbyterian Church
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Woodland Park Presbyterian Church (1919 building, now Taoist Studies Institute) (more images)

Seattle First Presbyterian Church[edit]

Seattle First Presbyterian Church was once, under pastor Mark A. Matthews, the largest Presbyterian congregation in the U.S. It has had a number of different church buildings over the years.

First Presbyterian Church built 1877. After the congregation moved in 1894, this building became Mount Zion Baptist Church. The building lasted at least to 1906, when it can be seen in pictures of the area being regraded.
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This was replaced in 1894 by a larger church at the northwest corner of Fourth Avenue and Spring Street.
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Then in 1907, under Mark Matthews, came a far larger church at Seventh and Spring.
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That church was replaced by a modernist building, with a chapel completed in 1962…
… and its main sanctuary completed in 1969.
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Unitarian Universalism[edit]

The old University Heights Unitarian Church is now the chapel of University Presbyterian Church.
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Its successor, some two miles northeast, is University Unitarian Church.
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Hinduism[edit]

Vedanta Society of Western Washington

Islam[edit]

Idris Mosque

Judaism[edit]

Present-day synagogues[edit]

Congregation Beth Shalom
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Congregation Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath
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Emmanuel Congregation
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Congregation Ezra Bessaroth
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Congregation Shaarei Tefilah Lubavitch
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Sephardic Bikur Holim
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Temple De Hirsch-Sinai
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Former synagogues[edit]

Seattle's first synagogue (1892), the short-lived Ohaveth Sholem Synagogue at Eighth and Seneca
Former Bikur Cholim synagogue, now Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center.
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Former Herzl Congregation Synagogue, now Odessa Brown Neighborhood Health Center.
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Former Machzikay Hadath synagogue, now Upper Room, Church of God in Christ.
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Former Sephardic Bikur Holim synagogue, now Tolliver_Temple, Church of God in Christ.
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Old Temple De Hirsch, now demolished; some ruins remain.
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Theosophy[edit]

Saint Germain Foundation "I Am" Temple
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