Town Hall Seattle, or Town Hall locally, is a cultural center and performance hall located on
Seattle, Washington
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, USA's
First Hill at 1119 8th Ave. Built as Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, a
Church of Christ, Scientist
The Church of Christ, Scientist was founded in 1879 in Boston, Massachusetts, by Mary Baker Eddy, author of '' Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,'' and founder of Christian Science. The church was founded "to commemorate the word and ...
church, from 1916 to 1922, it was sold by the church to its current owners in 1998 and reopened in 1999. In 2017, Town Hall announced they raised $20 million for a "top-to-bottom" renovation. In January 2019, they announced construction issues delayed their planned reopening. Town Hall officially completed construction and reopened its doors to the public on May 16, 2019.
It was designated a
Seattle Landmark in 2012
and was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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as "Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist" in 2013.
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References
Further reading
* Safronoff, Cindy Peyser. (2020) ''Dedication: Building the Seattle Branches of Mary Baker Eddy's Church, A Centennial Story - Part 1: 1889 to 1929''. Seattle: this one thing.
External links
Official site
Town Hall (Seattle)
at HistoryLink
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Buildings and structures in Downtown Seattle
Culture of Seattle
Tourist attractions in Seattle
Churches completed in 1922
Former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings in Washington (state)
Landmarks in Seattle
Music venues in Washington (state)
National Register of Historic Places in Seattle
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