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Old St. Peter's, the Tacoma church that hung its bell in a tree
1873
Old Town, Tacoma, Washington
The first church in Tacoma held its first service here on August 10, 1873, and it is now the oldest building standing in the city. A bell arrived in October 1874 as a gift from Sunday school children at St. Peter's in Philadelphia, but the little church had no belfry. Loggers topped a tree growing beside it and sailors used ship's rigging to hoist the bell onto the stump. It went on the National Register in 1974.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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