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Old St. Peter's, the Tacoma church that hung its bell in a tree
Old Town, Tacoma, Washington
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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.
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