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In 1908, brethren Harcus and Arnold held tent meetings in nearby Seattle. A year later, the assembly provided gospel testimony thru open air meetings and tract distribution at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska%E2%80%93Yukon%E2%80%93Pacific_Exposition Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition] which publicized the development of the Pacific Northwest, held at the [https://www.washington.edu/ University of Washington], attended by over four million people.
From 1912-1920, the assembly was renting an unused church building at E. Cherry & 22nd Ave. See note under [[Clearview Gospel Hall, WA#Locations|Locations]] about its subsequent community usage. During the first world war, a number of brethren from New England relocated to nearby Puget Sound to assist the ship building industry as caulkers, frequenting the Seattle and [[Washington#Tacoma|Tacoma]] assemblies.
Bro. McNicol purchased property adjacent to his home located at 4th St. N & Roy St., which is three blocks north of the [https://www.spaceneedle.com/ Space Needle] and constructed what became known as Roy Street Gospel Hall in 1920. Some rural brethren from [[Washington#Arlington|Arlington]] have recollected traveling to Seattle to attend conferences at this hall, and staying in a hotel across the street. Upon settling there, the assembly reported "We are quite encouraged among the children in our new neighborhood. Goodly numbers are coming and our hearts are rejoiced."
In 19201923,meetings were held in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harborview_Medical_Center county hospital], which served as one of the first teaching hospitals for the University of Washington. Meetings also commenced that year at Seattle's main prison, possibly [https://www.historylink.org/file/5238 McNeil Island]. In 1926, the assembly sponsored meetings on Sunday evenings in a nearby school, and in 1927 on Tuesday evenings in a children's home.
In addition to Sunday School, children's meetings were held on Friday nights with as many as a hundred in attendance, continuing the next half century on various evenings, which has resulted in a number of strong professions. An additional children's outreach was also initiated for many years in Seattle's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesler_Terrace,_Seattle Yesler Terrace] neighborhood, which was Washington state's first public housing development, and the first racially integrated one in the entire U.S., administrated today by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Housing_Authority Seattle Housing Authority]. This area has since commenced a $1.7B redevelopment projected to have a duration of 2013-2028. Open air meetings were held on Sunday evenings for several years at 4th & Pike, near the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liggett_Building_(Seattle) Liggett Building] even in inclement weather. Subsequent meetings have been held in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Center Seattle Center] in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood. A gospel tract band met on Tuesday nights to prepare mailings of "God's Way of Salvation" to addresses throughout the Seattle phone book, and later monthly with a variety of literature after the ministry meeting on the second Sunday of the month. The assembly also has had scripture banners in literature booths at at the [https://udistrictseattle.com/streetfair U District Street Fair] (1970+) and the [https://fremontfair.com/ Fremont Fair] (1972+) resulting in conversations. From 1990-2000+, a [https://seedsowersonline.com/ Seed Sowers] distribution of over Scripture texts and calendars was undertaken on Sunday afternoon a month, and expanded gradually. This initiative spread over 80,000 Scripture texts, and annually Scripture calendars to 3,500 homes within vicinity of the hall. Special gospel series meetings have been conducted over the years, see [[Visiting Ministry at Clearview Gospel Hall, WA]] for detailed accounts. Annual conferences have also been held in fall during the early 1950's, and New Years' subsequent, with later meetings being held at [https://westwoodlandes.seattleschools.org/ West Woodland Elementary]. In 1956, there was an assembly in Cowlitz Co., that met in Clover Valley Schoolhouse that folded and/or was rebranded as an independent, at the same time as this assembly changed locations in the address book to Woodland, possibly no connection. By In 1961, Everson Gospel Hall had definitely , founded prior to 1943, merged into this assemblywith the assistance of Harry Kazen.
See [https://www.clearviewgospelhall.org/ CGH's website] for current data. They serve breakfast weekly before meetings.
=AKA=
* Cherry Street Gospel Hall 1912-1920
* Roy Street Gospel Hall +19221920-1950+* Woodland Gospel Hall +19541950-1963
* West Woodland Gospel Hall 1964-2011
=Locations=
* various rentals +1899-1912: various rentals* 1912-1920: E. Cherry & 22nd Ave. 1912-1920
** This particular location subsequently was occupied by Cherry Hill Baptist Church which was credited in an article from April 2018 by the Seattle Times (see [https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/what-if-a-historic-church-is-torn-down-but-nobody-notices/ Seattle article] as a "key center for Seattle black activism and community organizing during the civil-rights movement". This "one small church... was used to rally people for black equity in schools, tenants' rights, more blacks in the public universities and an end to apartheid. It was used to protest redlining in the banking industry, as a food bank for the poor". Cherry Hill was regarded "as much a community center as it was a church" which also included a "rigorous preschool" called "Central Area Mothers for Peace" that in thirty years laid claim to educating more than 6,000 children. Before it was razed in 2018 to make room for townhomes, it was home to "Tent City 3" which provided shelter to 50 people, as per a post by [https://www.facebook.com/vanishingseattle/posts/cherry-hill-baptist-church-at-700-22nd-ave-cherry-and-22nd-in-the-centraldistric/1664527626959852/ Vanishing Seattle], a Facebook group. The post also includes modern pictures of the structure. CHBC relocated and rebranded in 2018 as Christ Spirit Church in Beacon Hill.
* 1920-1950: 4th Ave. & Roy St., Seattle, foot of Queen Anne Hill, . It was one block north of Civic Auditorium +1922-1950+, rebranded in 1962 as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Opera Seattle Opera] house, and currently as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCaw_Hall McCaw Hall], also home of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest_Ballet Pacific Northwest Ballet]. * 1950-2000: 516 N.W. 56th, Ballard, Seattle +1954-2000+
* 18029 67th Ave. SE, Snohomish 2011?-current
* 1922-2011 AAB's
* photo courtesy of Dr. Daniel Nessim 3-14-2025
* ''Gathered in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ - Seattle - 1899-2000'' by David E. Brandt.