The Dalles #83: First Congregational Church

East Fifth & Court Streets

First Congregational Church on June 10, 2009

The First Congregational Church was established in 1859 by Reverend W.A. Tenny. The church's second pastor, Dr. Rev. Thomas Condon, became Oregon's first state geologist and the University of Oregon's first professor of geology in 1876. The first church was destroyed by fire in 1888. It was rebuilt in 1889 and destroyed by fire again in 1891. A new church was built in 1892 and again destroyed by fire in 1935. The present church with English Country Gothic architecture was built in 1936 and dedicated on February 14, 1937. It is now the United Church of Christ.

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