The First Congregational Church is a church located in

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Portland Portland most commonly refers to: *Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon *Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine *Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel Portland may also r ...

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, listed on the

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. Construction took place over a period of six years, from 1889 to 1895. The building was designed by Swiss architect

Henry J. Hefty Henry John Hefty (December 28, 1858August 20, 1915) was an immigrant from Switzerland who worked as an architect based in Portland, Oregon, United States. Early life Hefty was born Heinrich Hefti in 1858 in Schwanden, in the Swiss canton of Gla ...

in Venetian Gothic style. The interior includes

stained-glass Stained glass refers to coloured glass as a material or art and architectural works created from it. Although it is traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern stained glass artists also include three-dimensio ...

windows, commissioned in 1906, made by Portland's Povey Brothers Studio. The building's height to the top of the

bell tower A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a Christian church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell to ...

is to 185 feet.

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