Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Mount Zion Lutheran Church (Tacoma, Washington)
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Description area
Dates of existence
1915-1998
History
The Mount Zion congregation was organized in 1915 by the Lutheran Free Church. It was an outgrowth of Olivet in Tacoma. It first met in a chapel located on 56th and I, and in 1918 the congregation purchased property and erected a building at 54th and Thompson. In 1925, a vacated Methodist church was purchased at 59th and Thompson for $2000.
After a period of study and planning for future needs in 1957, a building site was purchased near the old church. The building was begun in 1961 and completed on October 7, 1962. The name was changed to Mount Zion Lutheran church in 1960 to avoid conflict with another Zion Lutheran in Tacoma. In 1998 Mt Zion merged with Gethsemane and Bethel of Tacoma becoming United Lutheran Church.