Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
Name: Our Saviour’s Lutheran ChurchAddress: 320 1st AvenueCity: SeasideYear of Construction: 1956Architect: Wicks and BrownOriginal Use: Religious (Church)Status: In UseNational Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: Description coming soon. Further Information • Ebba Wicks Brown, Oregon Encyclopedia [new window] • Ebba Wicks Brown, Lower Columbia Preservation Society [new window] Image Gallery
Zion Lutheran Church
Name: Zion Lutheran Church (original); Peace First Lutheran Church (current)Address: 565 12th StreetCity: AstoriaYear of Construction: 1953Architect: Wicks & Wicks ArchitectsOriginal Use: Religious (Church)Status: In UseNational Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: Zion Lutheran Church is among the earliest truly Modernist buildings in Astoria, formed by low brick-clad blocks punctuated by a soaring, freestanding belltower enclosed on two…
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Name: First Church of Christ, ScientistAddress: 632 11th StreetCity: AstoriaYear of Construction: 1951Architect: Wicks & Wicks ArchitectsOriginal Use: Religious (Church and Reading Room)Status: In UseNational Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: The architecture firm responsible for this small Northwest Regional style religious building near downtown Astoria was John E. Wicks, the city’s most prominent architect during the early twentieth century,…
Our Lady of Angels Convent Chapel
(Photo: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives) Name: Our Lady of Angels Convent Chapel (original); Lewis and Clark College South Chapel (current)Address: S Palatine Hill RoadCity: PortlandYear of Construction: 1956Architect: John W. MaloneyOriginal Use: Religious (Chapel)Status: In UseNational Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: The South Chapel on the campus of Lewis and Clark College stands on the…
Zion Lutheran Church
Name: Zion Lutheran ChurchAddress: 1015 SW 18th AvenueCity: PortlandYear of Construction: 1950Architect: Pietro BelluschiOriginal Use: Religious (Church)Status: In UseNational Register of Historic Places: Listed (96000169)Description: There is little dispute that Zion Lutheran Church is one of the seminal examples of the Northwest Regional Style and a major influence on religious architecture…
Community Church of Cedar Hills
Name: Community Church of Cedar Hills (original); Cedar Hills United Church of Christ (current)Address: 11695 SW Park WayCity: PortlandYear of Construction: 1951; multiple additionsArchitect: Warren WeberOriginal Use: Religious (church)Status: In UseNational Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: A remarkable church complex by Portland architect Warren Weber, the Community Church of Cedar…
First Christian Church
Name: First Christian ChurchAddress: 402 N 1st StreetCity: SilvertonYear of Construction: 1963Architect: David HarknessOriginal Use: Religious (Church)Status: In UseNational Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: The congregation of Silverton’s First Christian Church launched a campaign in the early 1960s to acquire new property and construct a new 60,000-square-foot facility. The congregation…
Clackamas United Church of Christ
Name: First Congregational Church of Clackamas (original); Clackamas United Church of Christ (current)Address: 15303 SE Webster RoadCity: MilwaukieYear of Construction: 1963-1964Architect: Warren WeberOriginal Use: Religious (Church)Status: In UseNational Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: One of the joys of this incredible suburban church is moving around it and seeing how the…
Queen of Peace Catholic Church
Name: Queen of Peace Catholic ChurchAddress: 7620 N Delaware AvenueCity: PortlandYear of Construction: 1965Architect: James HoseyOriginal Use: Religious (Church)Status: DemolishedNational Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: This striking church in North Portland was among the very first planned and constructed by the Archdiocese of Portland to reflect the liturgical reforms of…
Tenth Church of Christ, Scientist
Name: Tenth Church of Christ, ScientistAddress: 5736 SE 17th AvenueCity: PortlandYear of Construction: 1954Architect: Donald William EdmundsonOriginal Use: Religious (Church)Status: DemolishedNational Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: Description coming soon. Photos by Harley Cowan Further Information • Eileen Fitzsimons, First steps taken to raze historic Westmoreland church for condos (Sellwood Bee)…