By Michael Houser State Architectural Historian
Olympia
Spokane
Seattle Puyallup
Spokane Seattle
Spokane
Seattle
Cashmere Burien Seattle
Seattle Spokane
Seattle
Uniontown Chewelah Parkland
Quincy
Centerville
Rosalia
Elbe Frances
Frances
Tolt
Everett Colfax Church Designs
Baptist Church – Oysterville
Methodist Church – Cle Elum Church Designs
Financial Assistance Map from the Baptist Missionary Society - 1892 “Messenger of Peace” Chapel Car
1898 - 1948 Church Designs
Architect George Krammer – 1910
Architect Ben Bartlett - 1875 Architects
Frederick V. Lockman
First Baptist Church, Port Angeles - 1939 Stuart Memorial Chapel, Carnation - 1937
Queen Anne Baptist Church, Seattle - 1925-39
University Baptist Church (Navy Unit), Seattle- 1938
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle- 1949 Architects
Robert L. Durham
Ezra Bessaroth Synagogue, Seattle - 1969 Highland Covenant Church, Bellevue - 1964
St. James Presbyterian Church, Bellingham - 1957
Fauntleroy Congregational Church, Seattle - 1952 St. Elizabeth Church, Burien- 1956 Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Seattle - 1975 Church Components Plan
Narthex Nave Transept Chancel
Altar
Apse
Typical Crucifix Plan Church Components Symbols
Latin Cross Greek Cross Papal Cross St. Peter’s Cross Tau Cross
Russian Cross Maltese Trinity Triumphant Star (Crusaders’) Church of Cross Cross David Church Components Arches
Gothic Arch
Mutlifoil Arch Pointed (Ogee) Arch
Round Arch
Moorish (Horseshoe) Arch
Tudor Arch Church Components Forms
Central Steeple Ridge Steeple Double Steeple Side Steeple
Inset Corner Steeple Independent Steeple No Steeple Dome Church Forms Central Steeple
Church – Gig Harbor
Church of Christ - Centerville
St Patrick’s Mary Queen of Heaven Catholic Catholic Church – Sprague Church – Colfax Church Forms Ridge Steeple
Catholic Church – Garfield
United Methodist First Assembly - Avon of God – Kelso
Methodist Church – Snohomish Church Forms Double Steeple
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church - Yakima
St. Boniface Catholic Church – Cathedral of Our Lady Uniontown of Lourdes – Spokane Holy Cross Polish National Church – Pe Ell Church Forms Side Steeple
Community Church – Longview
St. Mary’s Catholic Church - Centralia
First Baptist Church – Spokane St. Thomas Aquinas Church – Camas Church Forms Inset Corner Steeple
Queen Anne Baptist Church - Seattle Brethren Baptist Church – Wenatchee
Menno Mennonite Church – Ritzville
Methodist Church – Satsop Methodist Church – Renton Church Forms No Steeple
Mason United Methodist Church – Tacoma
First Presbyterian Church - Puyallup
Christian Science Church – Port Angeles 6th Church of Christ Scientist - Seattle Church of God in Christ – Pasco Church Forms Dome
First Church of Christ Scientist – Yakima First Christian Church – Vancouver
First Methodist Episcopal Our Lady of Fatima Church – Seattle Catholic Church - Seattle Inventoried Churches
• No comprehensive list • 865 listed as “Church • 5 listed as “Temple” • 3 listed as “Synagogue” St. Francis Catholic Church – Friday Harbor Inventoried Churches
WWW.DAHP.WA.GOV Inventoried Churches
• 170 Inventoried • 30 highlighted in publication Listed Churches
Palouse
Chelan
Silvana
Ritzville Seattle • 41 listed on the National Register of Historic Places • 20 Washington Heritage Register Listed Churches
Amboy United Methodist Church Amboy, 1910 Listed Churches
St. Boniface Church, Convent & Rectory, Uniontown, 1905 Listed Churches
Finnish Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Deep River, 1902 Listed Churches
First Methodist Episcopal Church, Seattle, 1908 Listed Churches
Central Lutheran Church, Tacoma, 1957 Not Listed Churches
St. James Cathedral, Vancouver, 1885 Not Listed Churches
First Presbyterian Church, Yakima, c. 1928 Not Listed Churches
Blessed Sacrament Church, Seattle, c. 1910
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Kenmore, c.1960 Not Listed Churches
First Baptist Church, Spokane, c.1928
First Presbyterian Church, Tacoma, 1924 Not Listed Churches
St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Spokane, c. 1965 Architectural Styles Gothic Revival (high)
St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, Spokane - 1926
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Church of the Visitation, Seattle - 1910 Tacoma - 1913
St. Mary’s Church, Centralia - 1910 First Presbyterian Church, St. James Church, Vancouver - 1885 Everett - 1910 Gothic Revival (low)
Peace Lutheran Church, Puyallup – c 1905
Church, Wishram – c 1905
Church, Tekoa – c.1910
Trinity Episcopal Church, Palouse - 1910
Methodist Church, Hatton- 1904 Classical Revival
First Presbyterian Church, Seattle – c.1915
Fourth Church of Christ Scientist, Seattle - 1922
First Christian Church, Tacoma - 1910 First Covenant Church, Seattle – c. 1920 Romanesque Revival
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Bremerton – c. 1930 Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle – c. 1920
First Presbyterian Church, Yakima – c. 1928
First Baptist Church, Spokane – c.1925 Mount Baker Presbyterian Church, Seattle - 1925 Italian Renaissance
First Church of Christ Scientist, Yakima – c. 1920
7th Church of Christ Scientist, Seattle – c. 1912
First Assembly of God Church, Tacoma – 1925 Arts & Crafts
Christian Church, Kent – c. 1920 Buddhist Temple, Auburn – c. 1920
Our Lady of Good Help Church, Hoquiam – c. 1915
Methodist Church, Ocean Park - 1925 Colonial Revival
Church, Puyallup – c. 1930
Little Church on the Prairie Church, Christian Science Church, Anacortes – c. 1928 Lakewood – c.1925
First Church of Christ Scientist, Camas – c.1925 Mission Revival
Assembly of God, Kelso – c.1925
Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Tacoma - 1909
St. Anne Church, Seattle - 1928
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Mount Vernon – c.1920 Modern
Evangelical United Brethren Church, Latah – 1956 First Methodist Church, Vancouver - 1948
St. Benedict Catholic, Seattle – c.1950
First Assembly of God Church, Spokane – c.1940 International
Christ the King Church, Seattle – 1956
First Baptist Church, Longview - 1953
United Presbyterian Church, Pullman – c.1955 A-Frame
Congregational Church, Lakewood – 1959 First Presbyterian Church, Puyallup – 1960 Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Mercer Island - 1960
Sandpoint Grace Lutheran Church, Community United Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Richland Vancouver – 1953 Methodist Church, – 1962 Seattle – c.1965 Neo Expressionism
Holy Family Catholic Church, Clarkston – c.1960 Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle – c1965
Seventh Day Adventist Church, Fairfield – c1968 Richland Lutheran Church, Richland – 1962 Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Spokane – 1970 Wrightian
LDS Church, Bellevue – 1962
Faith Lutheran Church, LDS Church, Sequim - 1974 Burien – 1959
LDS Church, Tacoma – c.1958 Brutalism
First Presbyterian Church, Seattle – c.1965
Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma – 1969 Grandview
Metaline Falls
Aberdeen
Allyn
Quincy Spokane
Tacoma
Claquato Camas