Today’s Past Postcard is First Presbyterian Church circa 1914. According to the church, the building was built in 1907 at Seventh and Spring and replaced in 1962 with a new building. Does anyone have any information on when the original building was demolished? Curiously, a relatively modern building with similar features stands right across the street from the church’s current building. This card was sent when a postcard stamp cost a whopping one cent. Looks like the postal service was plugging the upcoming Panama-Pacific International Exposition which took place the following year in 1915. This expo was a World’s Fair taking place in San Francisco serving to commemorate the building of the Panama Canal and the recovery from a recent earthquake. The postcard reads:

Front: 12721. First Presbyterian Church, Seattle, Wash.

Back: Pub. by The Acmegraph Co., Chicago.