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Building History

The prolific Seattle architect Paul Thiry (1904-1993) designed a new sanctuary for the Christ Church Parish Episcopal church in Tacoma, WA. He worked with Peter H. Hostmark and Associates on the design. Peter Hostmark (1903-1969) died toward the beginning of this church's construction, but his firm completed work on it. The McDonald Building Company served as the general contractor on the project.

The congregation's website said of Thiry's church design: "In 1967, the old Tudor Gothic-style church building was declared structurally unsound, and it was decided to completely rebuild our worship space. The new structure, designed by Paul Thiry, AIA, is a modern sanctuary standing in sharp contrast to the traditional rectangular, long-nave building that preceded it. Thiry’s admiration for Le Corbusier’s seminal chapel of Notre-Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France, is reflected in multiple design and construction elements. The use of plain, poured concrete is its most startlingly modern element. Yet, for all its modernity, the profound simplicity of its interior reflects the solemnity and severity of early Romanesque Christian basilicas." (See Christ Church Episcopal Church.org, "History," accessed 07/07/2025.)

Seattle architect Paul Thiry, Sr., made an addition to the sanctuary of Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma, WA, in 1969-1970.

PCAD id: 16617