Identity area
Reference code
IE CA WA/7/6/18
Title
History of Our Lady of Angels Church in Hermiston
Date(s)
- c.1950 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
5 pp; manuscript
Context area
Name of creator
(1615-2023)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A memorandum chronicling the historical relocation of the Our Lady of Angels friary in Hermiston, Oregon. It details how the original site was chosen a mile outside of town near a four-foot concrete irrigation structure, which humorously rumoured to remind homesick friars of the historic Round Towers of Ireland. The text explains that a later generation of practical young men – referred to as ‘hard-boiled’ iconoclasts – disregarded this sentimentality and spent approximately $5,000 to move the friary closer to town for better accessibility.