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Mud Bay Indian Shaker Church

1880s in Washington TerritoryBuildings and structures in Thurston County, WashingtonChurches in Washington (state)Infobox religious building with unknown affiliation
Shaker Church at Mud Bay c. 1892
Shaker Church at Mud Bay c. 1892

Mud Bay Indian Shaker Church is the first church built by the Indian Shaker Church.The first Shaker Indian church, also called the "mother church", was built c. 1885 near Olympia, then the capital of Washington Territory. The structure was built on a shoulder of the Black Hills above Mud Bay, at the southern end of Eld Inlet, an arm of Puget Sound. It was near the homes of Louis "Mud Bay Louie" Yowaluch (aka Mud Bay Louis) and his brother Sam "Mud Bay Sam" Yowaluch, co-founders of the church, first and second "headman"s respectively. Mud Bay Sam was the first Bishop (church leader) after incorporation of Shaker Indian Church in 1910.The original church was oriented in an east-west direction, in a manner that would set the pattern for subsequent church architecture. The earliest several churches were about 18-by-24-foot (5.5 m × 7.3 m) plain wooden buildings with 10-foot (3.0 m) shingle roofs, stout wooden doors and floors. The Mud Bay church was rebuilt in 1910.

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Mud Bay Indian Shaker Church
Shaker Church Road Northwest, Olympia

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Shaker Church Road Northwest 1910
98502 Olympia
Washington, United States
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Shaker Church at Mud Bay c. 1892
Shaker Church at Mud Bay c. 1892
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