Seventh Church of Christ (former)
- Architect
- Harlan Thomas
- Year
- 1926
- Style
- Spanish Colonial Revival
- City
- Seattle, WA
Built in 1926 for the Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist congregation on Queen Anne Hill, this church at 8th Avenue W and W Halladay Street was designed by Seattle architect Harlan Thomas, blending Neo-Byzantine, Mission Revival, and Spanish Colonial elements into one eclectic facade.
the building
The ell-shaped plan. The building is really two volumes joined in an L: a two-story main block holding the church auditorium, and a one-story wing for the Sunday School. The main block is nominally square, but each corner has been flattened, turning it into an irregular octagon.
the style
Thomas mixed three revival vocabularies here — Neo-Byzantine massing, Mission Revival curves, and Spanish Colonial detailing — rather than working in a single historic idiom, giving the building its unusual, eclectic character among Seattle church architecture of the 1920s.
More on Spanish Colonial Revivalsignificance
Declining membership led the congregation to try selling the property in the late 1980s, but no buyer came forward until 2006, when a developer's offer was contingent on getting a demolition permit. The city granted the permit in 2007, neighbors appealed, and a hearing examiner sent it back for further review — a fight that played out around the building's status as Seattle City Landmark #332.
nearby
- Ballard/Howe House
- Queen Anne High School
- Climate Pledge Arena
- Magnolia Library
- Museum of Pop Culture
- Naval Reserve Armory