Original Perry Street Temple

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This is the original Perry Street Spokane Buddhists Temple, purchased from the Liberty Heights Baptist Church in 1965; it was destroyed in a fire in 1992.

Photo Courtesy of the Spokane Buddhist Temple.

This file appears in: Spokane Buddhist Temple

By Nicolette Reames and Anna Harbine
Early Spokane had more ethnic and religious diversity than we often realize. Many Japanese immigrants were drawn to Eastern Washington's railroad and mining jobs in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Some returned to Japan when employment ran out,…