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United Presbyterian Church and Rectory (Albany, Oregon)

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Built
  
1891

Opened
  
1891

Added to NRHP
  
18 April 1979

NRHP Reference #
  
79002111

Architectural style
  
Carpenter Gothic

Architect
  
Walter D. Pugh

United Presbyterian Church and Rectory (Albany, Oregon)

Location
  
510 SW 5th Ave., Albany, Oregon

Part of
  
Monteith Historic District (#80003341)

Similar
  
Thomas and Walter Monteith, Ellsworth Street Bridge, Albany Regional Museum, Historic Carousel & Museum, Samaritan Albany General

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.

Whitespires houses a Kimball pipe organ that was installed in 1906.

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

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

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United Presbyterian Church and Rectory (Albany, Oregon) Wikipedia