The Reverend Cushing Eells

ID: 2162
This file appears in: First Congregational Church (Westminster UCC)

The Rev. Cushing Eells was one of the founding members of the church and donated the bell installed in the main spire in 1890 (courtesy WSU archives)

This file appears in: First Congregational Church (Westminster UCC)

By Frank Oesterheld
First Congregational Church (now called Westminster Congregational Church), located next to Lewis and Clark High School, has a long history. In 1838 when Congregationalists first arrived in the Spokane area. A group working with the local Indian…