Originally built in 1909, our center is located at the corner of Division and North J Street.
Our History
Park Universalist Church
1893-1925
Park Universalist Church
1893-1925 at our present site1904-1925
1904-1925Church of the Healing Christ1926-1979
1926-1979Church of Religious Science/
Center for Spiritual Living 1980-2008
1980-2008This church building is essentially unchanged since its construction in 1909. Unusual for this style, the building is a rare example of craftsman style church architecture in the state and the only extant example in Tacoma.
Originally named The Park Universalist Church it is a rare example, and only one in Tacoma, of craftsman-style church architecture, and was designed by two of the city's early advocates of that style, Woodroofe & Constable.Completed in 1909, it is the fourth-oldest church building in Tacoma. Over the decades, this church has been home to one of Tacoma's liberal, non-doctrinal congregations, and as such it embodies the religious and social freedom that the American West represented to many of Tacoma's early settlers. In addition, it was the longtime church home of Rev. Dr. Henry V. Morgan, the long-time dean of Tacoma's clergy, as well as his son, Murray Morgan, one of Tacoma's major historian and preservationist.
Located in Tacoma, Washington, and within the National Register's North Slope Historic District, This church building is the oldest of five remaining churches and synagogues within the North Slope Historic District. Within the larger Wright Park neighborhood, it is the second oldest.
See photos and a more complete history of our church building.
email a donation to our building and restoration fund to help keep this historic building sound and able to serve the purpose it was built for.
Originally named The Park Universalist Church it is a rare example, and only one in Tacoma, of craftsman-style church architecture, and was designed by two of the city's early advocates of that style, Woodroofe & Constable.Completed in 1909, it is the fourth-oldest church building in Tacoma. Over the decades, this church has been home to one of Tacoma's liberal, non-doctrinal congregations, and as such it embodies the religious and social freedom that the American West represented to many of Tacoma's early settlers. In addition, it was the longtime church home of Rev. Dr. Henry V. Morgan, the long-time dean of Tacoma's clergy, as well as his son, Murray Morgan, one of Tacoma's major historian and preservationist.
Located in Tacoma, Washington, and within the National Register's North Slope Historic District, This church building is the oldest of five remaining churches and synagogues within the North Slope Historic District. Within the larger Wright Park neighborhood, it is the second oldest.
See photos and a more complete history of our church building.
email a donation to our building and restoration fund to help keep this historic building sound and able to serve the purpose it was built for.
