The Foursquare Church on Fourth Avenue in Olympia was founded in 1939. The building was constructed with labor and materials supplied by the congregation. This photograph was taken in 1941: note the presence of men in uniform, as well as a young man wearing an Olympia High School letter sweater. After the building was deconsecrated, it served for a time as the home of the Olympia Film Festival as well as a recording studio. Vacant for several years, it burned down in 2014.
1941 Vibert Jeffers Photograph, Susan Parish Collection, Southwest Regional Archives, AR20090812-ph007515
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian