Tumwater Methodist Church

Tumwater Methodist Church is a historic church at 219 W. B Street in Tumwater, Washington. It was built in 1872 and added to the National Register in 1984.

Tumwater Methodist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	219 W. B St., Tumwater, Washington
Coordinates	47°0′52″N 122°54′21″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1872
NRHP reference No.	84003636[1]
Added to NRHP	January 12, 1984

When it was built it was one of two churches in Tumwater, (the other being Baptist);[2] initially the minister rode circuit preaching and serving much of Thurston County over the course of the week.[3] The Olympia Methodist Church helped to support the Tumwater church's formation. In the 1930s the adjacent parsonage was sold and a two-story addition was built uphill from the original church which added a social hall, classrooms, and plumbing. The building served as the location of Tumwater Methodist Church for almost 100 years until they sold the property to Unitarians in the 1960s,[4] who worshiped there it until outgrowing it and transferring ownership, in the early 1990s, to a Quaker congregation.

The building currently hosts St. James' Christian Episcopal Church.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. http://fbctumwater.org/672466 History of First Baptist Church of Tumwater
3. Tumwater Methodist Church, minister's journal 1872-1873, (Timberland Regional Library - Olympia microfiche collection)
4. http://www.fumcoly.org/?page_id=484 Olympia First United Methodist Church