7th Church of Christ Scientist Building

2555 8th Avenue West
Built: 1926
Architect: Harlan Thomas (Thomas, Grainger & Thomas)

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7th Church of Christ Scientist Building
(now Seattle Church of Christ)
(photo by Bruce Jones)
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Update September 1, 2007

 by Leanne Olson
Following a long campaign by the Queen Anne Historical Society in collaboration with other preservation groups and concerned neighbors, this historic Queen Anne community church, has been saved from demolition!

The Society’s Landmarks/Preservation Committee, chaired by Char Eggleston, first became involved in this undertaking in October 2006 following Board approval. A significant amount of effort was expended including publicizing the process and soliciting letters to the Seattle Department of Planning & Development requesting denial of a demolition permit, making a formal appeal to DPD following their decision to allow the demolition, and nominating the church for the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation ‘s 2007 Most Endangered Historic Properties List. The publicity generated from the church’s inclusion on this list, in conjunction with the direct involvement of Chris Moore, Field Director for the Washington Trust, culminated in the agreement of the 7th Church of Christ Scientist’s congregation to sell the property to the Seattle Church of Christ.

Please consider a donation to our organization to help keep up this important work. See our "donate" icon on the home page.

We are grateful to numerous members of the Queen Anne community and Queen Anne Historical Society for their support. In addition, the Landmarks/Preservation Committee would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for their dedication to this preservation effort:

Craig Hanway, David Delfs and Ellen Monrad, Queen Anne Community Council
Kemp Hiatt, Queen Anne Neighbors for Responsible Growth
Fellow appellants: E. Tyler Crone & Jorge Baron, Danyelle & Stacy O’Neal, Chuck Kolb and Byron Coney
Christine Palmer, Larry Johnson and Dennis Andersen, Historic Seattle
Chris Moore and Jennifer Meisner, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
Susan Boyle, BOLA Architecture + Planning
Todd Perbix, Perbix Bykonen Structural Engineers;

and most especially to the Boards and members of the Seventh Church of Christ Scientist and the Seattle Church of Christ for enabling this wonderful legacy of architect Harlan Thomas to endure for future generations.

For further information, contact Char Eggleston, Landmarks/Preservation Chair, at 206-378-1618 or char@qahistory.org .

Articles on the saving of the church:

Seattle P-I article on saved 7th Church(Aug 31)

Seattle Times article on saved 7th Church(Sep 1)