On a bike ride Friday, I stopped at the fence outside the former Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Santiam Road to take yet another photo of the restored building.
On a bike ride Friday, I stopped at the fence outside the former Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Santiam Road to take yet another photo of the restored building.
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.
What’s been happening with the effort to turn the former Cumberland Church into a community center on old Albany’s east end? Plenty, it turns out.
You may have noticed that the steeple of the former Cumberland Church is partially uncovered. Sheets of particle board protecting it have been taken off.
The former site of the historic Cumberland Church in Albany will go to Baldwin General Contracting, which owns the property next door.
The city of Albany is hoping to sell the former site of the historic Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a property that the Public Works Department acquired in 2000 for $150,000. But as of today, the vacant lot is still for sale.
Cumberland events center gets its bell back
Kept in storage since 2013, the bell of the historic Cumberland Church was being prepared to be lifted back into its tower this morning.
Tags: bell, Community Events Center, cumberland church, Pine and Santiam