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style building was built of hand-sawn lumber on what is now West Union Road for a little over $ 1,500. The 30- by 40-foot (12 m) structure has cedar rafters, fir joists and sills of hand-hewn fir logs. On December 25, 1853, the building was dedicated by the Reverend
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of Oregon. Previously the otherwise unused building was the site of an annual memorial meeting, but the church now holds regular Sunday services.
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until 1853, when he donated 2 acres (8,100 m) of his land for a church and cemetery. The one-story,
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are buried at the cemetery, which is the oldest cemetery in the state.
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congregation was founded in 1844 and met in the home of pioneer
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is a Baptist congregation and historic church structure in
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Hillsboro, Oregon
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West Union
Oregon
United States
Baptist
David Thomas Lenox
Classical Revival
Ezra Fisher
Protestant
Rocky Mountains
George W. Ebbert
National Register of Historic Places
American Baptist Churches
Imbrie Farm
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
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