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Clearview Gospel Hall is an open brethren assembly in Snohomish, [[Washington]] which is part of the [[Washington#Seattle|Seattle]] metro.
=Pre=As early as 1890, there have been Brethren in the Seattle area, starting with an exclusive meeting downtown affiliated with the TW-Lowe brethren, which branched into the suburbs by 1905. There was also an open brethren meeting room by 1897, that by 1904 was meeting in the home of D. Larson, at 126 N. 6th Ave., which may have been the origin for the subject assembly of this article. =Founding=William Ammands is currently regarded as the founder of the assembly, and was known to have been in fellowship with the opens first open assembly in Seattle as early as 1899. The group met in various (unidentified) rentals throughout the city until 1912 as per an 1899-2000 history.
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.
=1912-1920=
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.
=1920-1950=
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 1923, 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.
=1950-2006=
In 1950, the assembly relocated to 516 N.W. 56th in Ballard, partly out of a growing burden towards young families moving into that neighborhood after WWII, and also due to noisy conditions related to construction of a civic auditorium nearby. It rebranded as Woodland Gospel Hall, and became West Woodland Gospel Hall in 1964. Local brethren performed the construction, supervised by Walter Gratias who was a general contractor credited with building [https://transformingage.org/community/norse-home/ Norse Home]. His son Gordon installed the electrical wiring.
[https://truthandtidings.com/ Truth & Tidings] carried a series of reports from 2006-2014 indicating a growing burden of the assembly to serve the Clearview community of Seattle in Snohomish Co. where a majority of the believers were relocating, roughly twenty miles to the northeast of their old location. Gospel outreach, Bible studies and children's meetings were commenced in 2003 using a schoolhouse and a local community center.
=2006-current=
In 2006, the assembly rented a community building known as the Clearview Center and relocated their meetings, and rebranded as Clearview Gospel Hall. Meanwhile, a property was purchased, a new hall designed, and construction that commenced n June of 2014, and they were able to move into the permanent location in 2016. See [https://www.clearviewgospelhall.org/ CGH's website] for current data. As per their site, they presently serve breakfast weekly before Sunday morning meetings.