HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Cumberland update: Window protection ok’d

Written December 5th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

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.


The old church will get its steeple back

Written September 3rd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

As you would expect, the former Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Albany looks kind of stunted without its little steeple.


 
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