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First United Methodist Church Issue

Since learning of First United Methodist Church's plans to demolish its 1907 sanctuary to develop a 33-story office tower, Historic Seattle has been seeking preservation-friendly alternatives that provide a win-win solution for the church and those interested in the building's preservation.

On July 26, 2004, Historic Seattle, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, and Friends of First United Methodist Church filed a joint appeal of the City of Seattle's decision to approve the master use permit for the 33-story office tower planned for the site of the 1907 sanctuary.

While planning for the hearing, we will also be planning a design charrette to explore economically feasible alternatives to the proposed tower plan that preserve the church building. The charrette will take place sometime this fall.

What we've done thus far...

The 11 Most Endangered Listing...

About the Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed office tower...

About First Methodist and the State Supreme Court ruling ...

Seattle's landmark religious buildings ...

How the Fourth Church of Christ Scientist became Seattle's Town Hall ...

About transferring development rights to increase height and benefit preservation downtown ...

What Seattle's Trinity Episcopal Church has done to recover from the earthquake and plan for the future...

How Mount Baker Park Presbyterian decided to save its historic building...