The Old Pink Church in Ashland

This building wasn't always a theater. In 1911, it was a standard First Baptist Church. It functioned as intended for decades until the late 1960s, when it was sold and entered a period of decay.

For fifteen years, the place sat vacant and took a beating from local vandals. At one point, the building was painted bright pink. The locals adopted the name "the Old Pink Church," a title that stuck as the building gathered dust.

Craig Hudson finally intervened in 1982. He bought the boarded-up building and decided to create the Oregon Cabaret Theatre. He didn't keep the pink, though. He restored the structure to its original 1911 appearance.

Today, the building is back in its original uniform. The restoration included replication of many of the stained glass windows, ensuring the building looks like a church again, even if it now hosts a different kind of service.

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