Alvadore Christian Church

From Lane Co Oregon

In 1890 the church purchased a building from a Mennonite group one mile or more east of Alvadore. After this move the congregation was called the Fern Ridge Church. The area was then known as Fern Ridge; the name derived from a long fern-covered ridge east of the Long Tom River and extending southward from Meadow View.

In 1915 they dismantled the Fern Ridge building and moved it to the newly platted town of Alvadore, named for Alvadore Welch, a railroad official. The building had been moved from Dallas by its former owners and now it was moving a second time - to the northwest corner of 8th and B streets. The church was renamed Alvadore Christian Church. After years of fund raising and volunteer construction work, in 1969 they moved into their current building.