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Historic Church Project: Westminster Congregational United Church of Christ

By: Tracy Simmons

Date:

July 18, 2013

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Westminster Congregational United Church of Christ came first, then the city of Spokane.

Built in 1890, the church watched the city grow up around it — a high school, a freeway, other churches.

In the video above, the Rev. Andrea “Andy” CastroLang explains Westminster's beginnings, how the structure has evolved and why the congregation continues to put money into maintaining the historic building.

This series is part of the Historic Church Project, which includes a directory containing photos and information about Spokane's oldest churches.

View Westminster's listing here and read more about this project here.

Fast Facts:

Westminster was built in what's called Norman-style architecture
In the 1920s Westminster had more than 2,000 members
In 1978 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places

More online:

The Historic Church directory
Interactive map of Spokane's historic churches
Pinterest board of local historic churches
Facebook album

Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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