Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Progressive Baptist Hall & Parsonage

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, July 29, 2022

1. Progressive Baptist Hall & Parsonage Marker

Inscription. Santa Cruz County
1902
Progressive Baptist Hall & Parsonage
Built as All Souls Unitarian Parsonage
Edward Van Cleeck, Arch.
Historical Trust Landmark

Erected by Santa Cruz County Museum of Art & History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Unitarian Universalism (UUism) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1902.

Location. 36° 58.28′ N, 122° 1.683′ W. Marker is in Santa Cruz, California, in Santa Cruz County. It is on Center Street, on the right when traveling south. The marker is mounted on the southeast corner of the building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 519 Center Street, Santa Cruz CA 95060, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Central Coast

and specifically on the Coast Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Progressive Baptist Church (a few steps from this marker); Cope House (within shouting distance of this marker); First Services (within shouting distance of this marker); Calvary Episcopal Church (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Matilda Dreher Home (about 300 feet away); German-Methodist Parsonage (about

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300 feet away); The Walti-Schilling Residence (about 300 feet away); Lincoln Court (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Santa Cruz.

Regarding Progressive Baptist Hall & Parsonage. Santa Cruz Historic Building Survey, Volume III, March 2013

”517-519 Center Street All Souls Unitarian Church
(Progressive Baptist Church and Hall)
Neoclassical, 1902-Edward Van Cleeck, architect, sanctuary
1905, residence
The Unitarian congregation inaugurated the Neoclassical style All Souls Unitarian Church structure at this site in 1902, adding in 1909, adjacent to the south, the two-story Hackley Hall. The congregation had been founded in Santa Cruz in 1866. With a diminishing membership in the 1940s, the Unitarians relocated to the Hall and in 1947, sold the sanctuary building to the Santa Cruz Church of Christ, who in 1952, purchased the 1905 residence adjacent to the north for use as a Sunday School. The Church of Christ sold the sanctuary building and the converted residence to the current owners in 1963, the Progressive Missionary Baptist Church. The Unitarians removed entirely from the original site in 1971 when Hackley Hall was condemned and the building
Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, July 29, 2022

2. Progressive Baptist Hall & Parsonage Marker
razed. The church sanctuary as well as the parsonage and fellowship hall were renovated between 1988 and 1992, and included the addition of the bell tower and steeple.”

Progressive Baptist Sanctuary & Hall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, July 29, 2022

3. Progressive Baptist Sanctuary & Hall

Credits. This page was last revised on August 10, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 6, 2022, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 192 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 6, 2022, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.