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

Historic church in Oregon, United States "St. Paul Mission" redirects here. For the historic mission near Kettle Falls, Washington, see St. Paul's Mission. United States historic place


St. Paul Roman Catholic Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Location	St. Paul, Oregon
Coordinates	45°12′40″N 122°58′42″W / 45.21111°N 122.97833°W / 45.21111; -122.97833
Area	French Prairie
Built	1846
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	79002098
Added to NRHP	October 16, 1979

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. It is the oldest brick building in the Pacific Northwest. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

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. This structure was later moved to St. Paul and served as the church for the community until the current structure was built in 1846. 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. 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. While preaching to the Catholic community at that church, Blanchet lived behind the altar. On December 11, 1843, Pope Gregory XVI created an apostolic vicarate out of Oregon with Blanchet as the archbishop.

New building

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

References

^ "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 28. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
NationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.com: Marion County, Oregon
Corning, Howard M. Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956. p. 215.
Edmonston, George P. Jr.; Patricia Filip. "Rewrites". A look at five OSU researchers who are revolutionizing their academic disciplines. Oregon Stater. Archived from the original on 2007-02-22. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
^ 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.
^ Horner, John B. (1919). Oregon: Her History, Her Great Men, Her Literature. The J.K. Gill Co.: Portland.
Blanchet, Francis Norbert, and Edward J. Kowrach. Historical sketches of the Catholic Church in Oregon. Fairfield, Wash.: Ye Galleon Press, 1983, p. 80
^ St Paul Catholic Church-St. Paul Oregon

External links

Parish information from St. Paul Parochial School
"St. Paul Catholic Church, Marion County" from the Oregon Historical Society

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