The Albany Presbyterian Church and Rectory, also known as Whitespires, is a historic church building in

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, United States. It was built in 1891 in the

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style. It was listed on the

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(NRHP) in 1979. Although individually listed in the NRHP, it is located within the

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. Whitespires houses a

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that was installed in 1906. The building is currently the home of the Whitespires Berean Bible Fellowship, also known as Berean Fundamental Church of Albany. The present-day United Presbyterian congregation in Albany (affiliated with the

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) gathers in a 1913 church known as the Stone Church.United Presbyterian Church
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History of the church
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