United Presbyterian Church and Rectory (Albany, Oregon)
United Presbyterian Church and Rectory | |
Church in 2009 | |
Location | 510 SW 5th Ave., Albany, Oregon |
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Coordinates | 44°38′0.3″N 123°6′34.5″W / 44.633417°N 123.109583°WCoordinates: 44°38′0.3″N 123°6′34.5″W / 44.633417°N 123.109583°W |
Built | 1891 |
Architect | Walter D. Pugh, H. C. Chamberlain |
Architectural style | Carpenter Gothic |
Part of | Monteith Historic District (#80003341) |
NRHP Reference # | 79002111[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 18, 1979 |
The Albany Presbyterian Church and Rectory, also known as Whitespires, is a historic church building in Albany, Oregon, United States. It was built in 1891 in the Carpenter Gothic style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1979.[1] Although individually listed in the NRHP, it is located within the Monteith Historic District.[2]
Whitespires houses a Kimball pipe organ that was installed in 1906.[3][4]
The building is currently the home of the Whitespires Berean Bible Fellowship, also known as Berean Fundamental Church of Albany.[5][6]
The present-day United Presbyterian congregation in Albany (affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)[7]) gathers in a 1913 church known as the Stone Church.[8]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Haywood Photography
- ↑ Albany First United Methodist Church: Our Pipe Organ
- ↑ Organ Historical Society
- ↑ USAchurches.org
- ↑ Berean Church Fellowship
- ↑ United Presbyterian Church
- ↑ United Presbyterian Church
External links
- Images of Whitespires from University of Oregon Library archives
- History of the church from Linn County Roots
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