page_title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Oregon
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Oregon / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Portland First Ward Building (1928-29) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Was also referred to as the Portland Stake Tabernacle for a time. Now exists as a ward meetinghouse for the Colonial Heights Ward, the Portland Heights Branch (Deaf), and the Mount Tabor Ward. Located at 2931 SE Harrison St., Portland, Oregon, United States. This picture depicts the front entrance of the building on its south side.
context_page_description: Mormonism is the 2nd largest religious denomination in Oregon after Roman Catholicism. Mormons have had considerable influence in the state throughout its contemporary history and many influential Mormons have come from Oregon including Senator Gordon H. Smith.
  As of December 31, 2017, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 153,955 members in 35 stakes, 309 congregations, three missions, and two temples in Oregon.
context_section_description: E. Kimbark MacColl's analysis of Portland, Oregon, history states "Portland was well endowed with churches, with approximately one for every 600 residents" in the 1890s. In his survey of six leading denominations and all 25 missions, no mention was made of LDS Church denominations or missions. A chapel was built in Portland in 1929, ready for an open house on February 15–17, 1929. The building "carried the architectural scheme of an old English manor, being constructed of dense lava stone and bricks of the clinker type, and is declared particularly suited to western Oregon climate and surroundings." It included a maternity room and a basement with 14 classrooms. The architect was C. R. Kaufman, and construction had begun on August 1, 1928.
  In 2020, the LDS Church canceled services and other public gatherings indefinitely in response to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
caption: The Portland Stake Tabernacle
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