United Presbyterian Church and Rectory (Albany, Oregon) explained

United Presbyterian Church and Rectory
Nrhp Type:indcp
Nocat:yes
Location:510 SW 5th Ave., Albany, Oregon
Partof:Monteith Historic District
Partof Refnum:80003341
Coordinates:44.6334°N -123.1096°W
Built:1891
Architect:Walter D. Pugh, H. C. Chamberlain
Architecture:Carpenter Gothic
Added:April 18, 1979
Refnum:79002111

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. Although individually listed in the NRHP, it is located within the Monteith Historic District.[1]

Whitespires houses a Kimball pipe organ that was installed in 1906.[2] [3]

The building is currently the home of the Whitespires Berean Bible Fellowship, also known as Berean Fundamental Church of Albany.[4] [5]

The present-day United Presbyterian congregation in Albany (affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)[6]) gathers in a 1913 church known as the Stone Church.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.haywoodphotography.com/Advertising/Whitespires%20Church.htm Haywood Photography
  2. http://www.albanymethodist.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=36451&PID=544706 Albany First United Methodist Church: Our Pipe Organ
  3. http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=23767 Organ Historical Society
  4. http://www.usachurches.org/church/whitespires-berean-bible-fellowship.htm USAchurches.org
  5. http://www.bereanchurchfellowship.org/church-details.aspx?id=47 Berean Church Fellowship
  6. http://www.usachurches.org/church/united-presbyterian-church.htm United Presbyterian Church
  7. http://www.upcalbany.net/index.html United Presbyterian Church