Immaculate Conception Church was founded in 1891 by the Jesuits and moved to its present location in 1904. The building was declared a historic landmark in 1974. Parish membership has historically followed the changing demographics of the Central Area. In the 1940s, immigrant families from Ireland and Italy joined the church, while in the 1950s, African Americans who moved to Seattle after World War II joined the Filipino and Japanese American parishioners already there.