Written by Edward Krigsman
Players’ bench beside the playfield at the Mountlake Terrace meetinghouse, September 2026. Photograph by Edward Krigsman.
When I arrived at the Mountlake Terrace meetinghouse on a warm September day, I was ready to photograph the building. Behind it, out of sight from the street, I found a broad, flat playfield in partial sun.
The field was empty. I stood beside the players’ bench for a while, looking out through the chain-link fence. The wood was pitted and worn. It brought back the sound of an umpire calling an out and the long stretches between turns at bat. I remembered how slowly an afternoon could pass when we were away from our parents, with time measured in innings.
The Mountlake Terrace meetinghouse from the street, September 2026. Photograph by Edward Krigsman.
This field note is part of Of Brick & Steeple, an ongoing photographic study of Latter-day Saint meetinghouses in the Pacific Northwest. The series looks at how a shared architectural language takes shape in different places, how people use these buildings and grounds and what remains when their use changes.
