Japanese Church of Christ
Constructed in 1924, the Japanese Church of Christ building is a later example of the Gothic Revival style. During the nineteenth century, Gothic architecture was considered by many as the only Christian style, and subsequent revivals carried this idea through the first few decades of the twentieth century. Although this building is not a pure form of the style, it does have many defining characteristics, including the pointed-arch window with cast-stone tracery and steeply pitched parapet gables. The Japanese Church of Christ is significant as one of the few remaining sites to have been continuously associated with ethnic minorities in Utah. The Japanese Church of Christ was founded in Salt Lake City in 1918 through a cooperative effort of the Japanese Presbyterian and Congregational churches of the Pacific Coast. The Reverend Hidenobu Toyotome, the first minister of the congregation, encouraged missionary work to recruit Japanese Christians from all of the Intermountain states. For many years, the church building was at the center of a local Japanese neighborhood.
Located at 268 West 100 South in Salt Lake City, Utah in the University Neighborhood Historic District.
