Blessed Sacrament Church
- Architect
- Beezer Brothers
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Seattle, WA
Blessed Sacrament Church was designed by the Beezer Brothers in the Gothic Revival style to serve Seattle's University District. It is the only parish in the Archdiocese of Seattle owned and operated by the Dominican Order of Preachers, within the Western Dominican Province.
the building
Priory and school complex. The church, its Dominican priory, and its parish school building were added to the National Register of Historic Places together in 1984 as a single historic complex.
the style
The Beezer Brothers, noted Pacific Northwest church architects, designed the building in the Gothic Revival style fitting its role as a Catholic parish church.
More on Gothic Revivalthe architect
The Beezer Brothers were credited as the architects; they were known Pacific Northwest church designers, though no further biographical detail is recorded here.
significance
Damage from the 2001 Nisqually earthquake required extensive repairs completed in 2010. The parish also houses the Prince of Peace Newman Center, the fifth-oldest Newman Center in the country and the first run by the Dominican Order.
nearby
- UW Eagleson Hall
- Home of the Good Shepherd
- Sigma Kappa Mu Chapter Hse
- Denny Hall
- Hutchinson Hall
- Condon Hall