In 1880 the wind shifted. Western Washington and the church soon sailed ahead with a tail wind.
Bishop Paddock |
The Wrights: Annie and her father Charles |
St. Luke’s Memorial Chapel, Tacoma | The first Annie Wright Seminary for girls |
St. Mark’s parish occupied this building in 1889 in a wedge-shaped lot adjacent to what is now Macy’s in Seattle |
The Rt. Reverend William Morris Barker (1894 – 1901) who had taught school in Philadelphia before his election as bishop of Western Colorado, transferred to Western Washington in 1894. As a major depression struck the country, he focused on the district’s finances and recruitment of teachers for Annie Wright Seminary.