Every evening lately I’ve ridden the bike past the former Cumberland Church to see if the steeple had been lifted off and moved in advance of moving the building itself, as is the plan. As you can see above, the answer is “not yet.”
The last days to see this historic site
Written August 24th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
These are the last days of Albany’s former Cumberland Presbyterian Church at its historic site. So if you want to refresh your memories of how it fit into the neighborhood, better take a look before it’s too late.
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Tags: Community Events Center, cumberland church, old church move
Tags: Community Events Center, cumberland church, old church move
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Cumberland Church gets its steeple back
Today was a milestone in the conversion of the historic Cumberland Church into a center for community events on the east side of old Albany: The steeple was put back on.
Tags: Community Events Center, cumberland church, Forslung crane, Santiam Road