Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Lebanon #18: Lebanon Evangelical Church

90 East Vine Street or 500 Park Street

IMG_4197 Lebanon Evangelical Church on October 21, 2006
Lebanon Evangelical Church on October 21, 2006

This church on the corner of Vine and Park Streets was built in 1910 as the Methodist Evangelical Church. This was the church that had established the Santiam Academy and Pioneer Cemetery, and was the church that many of Lebanon’s early citizens belonged to.

IMG_4196 Lebanon Evangelical Church on October 21, 2006
Lebanon Evangelical Church on October 21, 2006

The first Methodist Church was built on this site at in 1887. In 1910 it was moved to the corner of Sherman and Second Streets to make way for the current building. It was converted into an opera house and demolished in 1929.

IMG_4198 Cornerstone of Lebanon Evangelical Church on October 21, 2006
Lebanon Evangelical Church Cornerstone on October 21, 2006

When the current church was built, Reverend A.F. Lacy was pastor. Stained glass windows in the church are dedicated to early congregation members William and Laura Ralston, Owen Rees, F.M. Miller, and Joseph Lucian Gilbert.

IMG_4195 Lebanon Evangelical Church on October 21, 2006
Lebanon Evangelical Church on October 21, 2006

Today, the church is known as the Lebanon Evangelical Church. The metal structure on the Park Street side of the church is an elevator that was added in 2006.

IMG_4194 Lebanon Evangelical Church on October 21, 2006
Lebanon Evangelical Church on October 21, 2006

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