United Presbyterian Church and Rectory (Albany, Oregon)

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United Presbyterian Church and Rectory
Whitespires Church Albany Oregon.JPG
Church in 2009
Location510 SW 5th Ave., Albany, Oregon
Coordinates 44°38′0.3″N123°6′34.5″W / 44.633417°N 123.109583°W / 44.633417; -123.109583 Coordinates: 44°38′0.3″N123°6′34.5″W / 44.633417°N 123.109583°W / 44.633417; -123.109583
Built1891
Architect Walter D. Pugh, H. C. Chamberlain
Architectural styleCarpenter Gothic
Part of Monteith Historic District (ID80003341)
NRHP reference No. 79002111 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Haywood Photography
  3. Albany First United Methodist Church: Our Pipe Organ
  4. Organ Historical Society
  5. USAchurches.org
  6. Berean Church Fellowship
  7. United Presbyterian Church
  8. United Presbyterian Church

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