St. Paul Roman Catholic Church (St. Paul, Oregon)

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"St. Paul Mission" redirects here. For the historic mission near Kettle Falls, Washington, see St. Paul's Mission.
St. Paul Roman Catholic Church
File:St Paul Roman Catholic Church - St Paul Oregon.jpg
Location St. Paul, Oregon
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Area French Prairie
Built 1846[1]
Architectural style Gothic Revival[2]
NRHP Reference # 79002098
Added to NRHP October 16, 1979[1]

The St. Paul Roman Catholic Church in St. Paul, Oregon, United States, was the first church in Oregon to be built with bricks when it was constructed in 1846.[3] It is the oldest brick building in the Pacific Northwest.[4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

Background

In 1836, French Canadian pioneers on the French Prairie in the Willamette Valley built a log cabin chapel along the Willamette River near the Methodist Mission.[5] This structure was later moved to St. Paul and served as the church for the community until the current structure was built in 1846.[5] After several requests for a religious leader by the French Canadians in the Willamette Valley beginning in 1834, and a second request in 1836, the Roman Catholic Church sent several priests including François Norbert Blanchet to Oregon Country.[6] After receiving permission from the Hudson's Bay Company, Blanchet moved south of the Columbia River and gave the first Mass in the Willamette Valley on January 6, 1839.[7] While preaching to the Catholic community at that church, Blanchet lived behind the altar.[5] On December 11, 1843, Pope Gregory XVI created an apostolic vicarate out of Oregon with Blanchet as the archbishop.[6]

New building

After the original log structure burned down, parishioners decided to replace the old church with a brick structure.[8] On May 24, 1846, the cornerstone was laid on the new red-brick building.[8] Upon completion, Blanchet dedicated the new church building on November 1, 1846.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ NationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.com: Marion County, Oregon
  3. ↑ Corning, Howard M. Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956. p. 215.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chapman, J. S. (1993). French prairie ceramics: the Harriet D. Munnick archaeological collection, circa 1820-1860 : a catalog and Northwest comparative guide. Anthropology northwest, no. 8. Corvallis, Or: Dept. of Anthropology, Oregon State University.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Horner, John B. (1919). Oregon: Her History, Her Great Men, Her Literature. The J.K. Gill Co.: Portland.
  7. ↑ Blanchet, Francis Norbert, and Edward J. Kowrach. Historical sketches of the Catholic Church in Oregon. Fairfield, Wash.: Ye Galleon Press, 1983, p. 80
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 St Paul Catholic Church-St. Paul Oregon

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