All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena

All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena

All Saints Church is an Episcopal church and part of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. The current building is the third home for activities of this church.

The church has a reputation of being one of Southern California's most liberal churches and one of the largest Episcopal churches in the country. Former Rector Ed Bacon said that political activism "is in the DNA of the church."

The church began in November 1882 when eleven people gathered in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Brown for services conducted by the Reverend Trew. In 1885 the congregation dedicated its first church building at the corner of Colorado Blvd. and Garfield Ave. on April 5 (Easter Day). The parish continued to grow rapidly, and a new site was purchased at 132 North Euclid for the building of a 600-seat church. First services were held Easter Day, April 21, 1889. The congregation outgrew the church building, and a new church building was built in 1923. It opened in 1924 and has been in service since then.

All Saints bought additional property in 1926–7, where it built a parish hall and rectory. They were also designed in the English Gothic style, and form an integrated courtyard with the main church.

In 1980, All Saints was listed by the National Park Service on the National Register of Historic Places as a Contributing Structure to the Pasadena Civic Center District.
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Sight Name: All Saints Episcopal Church
Sight Location: Pasadena, USA (See walking tours in Pasadena)
Sight Type: Religious
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