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The First Unitarian Church of Portland is a church building located in downtown
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. Located on S.W. 12th Avenue at Salmon Street, it was constructed and opened in 1924."Unitarian Church to Be Dedicated Today". (November 16, 1924). ''
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History

In 1979, the Unitarian church purchased a larger church located directly adjacent, the original First Church of the Nazarene of Portland,"Nazarenes sell church to neighbor: Unitarians next door". (August 8, 1979). ''The Oregonian'', p. C9. which had been built in 1921."New edifice dedicated: First Church of the Nazarene holds formal ceremonies"
(August 8, 1921). ''The Morning Oregonian'', p. 14, col 1. Quote: "The new church building of the First Church of the Nazarene, Twelfth and Main streets, was dedicated formally at ceremonies yesterday afternoon ..." The Nazarene church congregation was preparing for construction of a new, larger building in the
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neighborhood, so decided to sell their original building. The former Nazarene building (at 1211 S.W. Main Street), which adjoins the First Unitarian Church but with its entrance oriented to the corner of 12th and Main, has been regularly used for Sunday services by the Unitarian church since 1993 and is currently the church's primary sanctuary, but the 1921 building is not listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The NRHP-listed 1924 building is still owned and used by the First Unitarian Church of Portland, and church members refer to it as the Eliot Chapel after the first minister, Thomas Lamb Eliot. Eliot Chapel was designed by Jamieson K. Parker, while the former Nazarene building was designed by Raymond W. Hatch.


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