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Academy schoolhouse until they FRXOG Ĺ…QG D SHUPDQHQW VLWH The congregation began their search for a suitable location for a church and cemetery. They settled on a wooded two-acre site owned by Jacob Hoover, near McKay Creek. He sold one acre for $25 and donated the other. Construction began without delay. Community and church members contributed much of the materials and labor. The expected cost was still about $2,000, which included stained glass windows imported from Scotland. Its distinctive eightsided steeple, buttresses, and steeply-pitched roof may have been inspired by the Gothic structures of the Old World. Today, the Carpenter Gothic style of architecture and white wooden frame distinguish it as both a National Register of Historic Places site and contemporary house of worship. 30685 Scotch Church Road, Hillsboro. West Union Baptist Church
Beaverton Trivia t The Beaverton School District is the 3rd largest in Oregon. t Murray Blvd, named after Owen Murray of Cedar Mill, used to be 145th Ave.
Many of the pioneer-era church buildings are gone, replaced by newer and more spacious structures. One of the most well-known that is still standing is the iconic Tualatin Plains Presbyterian Church about four miles from Hillsboro. Familiarly known as the Old Scotch Church, it was completed in 1878. Its twelve charter members, immigrants from Aberdeenshire, ScotODQG KDG RUJDQL]HG Ĺ…YH \HDUV earlier. They met at Columbia
Washington County lays claim to the oldest Baptist Church west of the Rocky Mountains. In 1843, David Thomas Lenox, his wife Louisa, and their eight children left Missouri on WKH ŅUVW ZDJRQ WUDLQ RYHU WKH Oregon Trail. As company captain, spiritual leader of a group of Baptists, and a man of strong faith, he refused to allow the journey to continue on Sunday. He instead conducted services in a tent or under the stars. Upon arriving in the Oregon Country, the family settled in East Tualatin Plains (now Hillsboro.) The congregation met in the log cabin Lenox had built as the family home for some time. Deacon Lenox eventually donated two acres of his land claim for a church and cemetery. Nine years later, on Christmas day in 1853, the West Union Baptist Church was dedicated by the Reverend Ezra Fisher. According to the Baptist Annals of Oregon by Charles Mattoon, cost to build the meeting house ZDV ļIUHH IURP DOO encumbrance.� It is a one-story VWUXFWXUH EXLOW RI FHGDU DQG ŅU LQ the Classical Revival style, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places: 22365 NW West Union Road, Hillsboro.
t The land for the city park was donated by William Hocken, former mayor of Beaverton (1914-1917). t Beaverton became a county registered township on December 28th, 1868. t Beaverton’s general cost of living index is 110.9 which is over twice as low as New York (212.1) and lower than San Francisco (177.0), San Diego (141.0) & Seattle (118.6).
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t Beaverdam was the original name of city that was eventually platted as Beaverton. t The Atfalati natives referred to the area we call Beaverton as Chikeipi, meaning ‘place of the beaver.’ t Peter Scholl came to Oregon in 1847 and built a Ferry to cross the Tualatin River. t The ďŹ rst settler in Beaverton was Captain Lawrence Hall in 1847. t Beaverton’s longest daylight stretch during the summer is almost 16 Hours! (5:21am to 9:02pm, on June 20th).
St. Cecelia Catholic Church in Beaverton traces its beginnings to St. Anthony of Padua church in Cedar Mill. Beginning in 1876, Father Joseph Hermann celebrated Mass in a school, neighbors’ homes, and a vacant log cabin. Two years later, Bernard McKenna and John O’Brien donated timberlands for a church and cemetery. Archbishop Blanchet then bought an additional 1.4 acres for $14. The 20’ x 40’ wood structure was moved from the west side of Murray Boulevard to the east side in 1882 and dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua in 1884. This original building was used unSt. Cecelia Catholic Church
It was dedicated in 1908 to St. Mary. In 1913 a chapel and school were combined into a single, two-story structure, dedicated as St. Cecelia. The building was torn down in 1951 when an auto dealership built a garage and showroom. The parish house that had been built about 1915 adjacent to the church still exists, the back part of a bicycle shop - 12300 block of SW Canyon Road. At day’s end, pioneers had taken a break from their chores, worshipped, and socialized. They were ready for work the next six days. 'FBUVSFE &YIJCJU June’s History by the Decade window display features selected events from the 1930s. #FBWFSUPO )JTUPSZ $FOUFS Open Tues/Thurs, noon to 4 pm 12412 SW Broadway St. 503-430-0106 www.historicbeaverton.org info@historicbeaverton.org.
til its demolition in 1922. The cemetery is located in the 300 block of SW Murray Boulevard. The parish again relocated, this time from Cedar Mill to Beaverton, in 1908 to serve the town’s developing population. Father L.A. LeMiller obtained a building, purportedly a former cheese factory, and moved it to the northeast corner of Hall Boulevard and Canyon Road.
Admission free but donations welcome! /FX (JGU 4IPQ 0QFO Visit the Center’s new gift shop. We have books about Oregon and collectibles donated by local residents. Proceeds beneďŹ t the Society.
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advertising jingles, newscasters and music from the 1930s, 40s and 50s. This will be an historical and educational display to view and remember. There will be radios, speakers, headphones, batteries, sound effects and microphones from the last 90 years of radio. Mr. Karman has been a fan of radio for more than 50 years. For the last three years he has taken his is an event the whole fam- a one man show to retirement ily will enjoy! Dick Karman communities, and senior citizen will be highlighting the history centers sharing the memories of of radio in Oregon, as well as the radio with those who remember ļQHWZRUN KRRN XSVČ WKDW JDYH XV WKH ļ:D\ 5DGLR :DVČ radio as we came to know it 60 years ago. He will bring the old Admission is FREE familiar sounds of dozens of radio 'PS NPSF JOGPSNBUJPO shows that you thought you had Beaverton History Center forgotten. He’ll remind you of the 503-430-5231
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