First Unitarian Church of Portland
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The First Unitarian Church of Portland is a church building located in downtown
Portland
, Oregon
listed on the National Register of Historic Places
. Located on S.W. 12th Avenue at Salmon Street, it was constructed and opened in 1924.
neighborhood, so decided to sell their original building.
The former Nazarene building (at 1211 S.W. Main Street), which adjoins the First Unitarian Church but with its entrance oriented to the corner of 12th and Main, has been regularly used for Sunday services by the Unitarian church since 1993 and is currently the church's primary sanctuary, but the 1921 building is not listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The NRHP-listed 1924 building is still owned and used by the First Unitarian Church of Portland, and church members refer to it as the Eliot Chapel. Eliot Chapel was designed by Jamieson K. Parker, while the former Nazarene building was designed by Raymond W. Hatch.
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Portland
Portland, Oregon
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, Oregon
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listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
. Located on S.W. 12th Avenue at Salmon Street, it was constructed and opened in 1924.
History
In 1979, the Unitarian church purchased a slightly larger church located directly adjacent, the original First Church of the Nazarene of Portland, which had been built in 1921. The Nazarene church congregation was preparing for construction of a new, larger building in the SylvanSylvan-Highlands, Portland, Oregon
Sylvan-Highlands is a Portland, Oregon neighborhood located on the west side of the West Hills.-Elementary schools:Chapman Elementary School2425 SW Vista Dr.- Parks :*Children's Museum - 4015 SW Canyon Rd.*Oregon Zoo and Washington Park...
neighborhood, so decided to sell their original building.
The former Nazarene building (at 1211 S.W. Main Street), which adjoins the First Unitarian Church but with its entrance oriented to the corner of 12th and Main, has been regularly used for Sunday services by the Unitarian church since 1993 and is currently the church's primary sanctuary, but the 1921 building is not listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The NRHP-listed 1924 building is still owned and used by the First Unitarian Church of Portland, and church members refer to it as the Eliot Chapel. Eliot Chapel was designed by Jamieson K. Parker, while the former Nazarene building was designed by Raymond W. Hatch.