The Old Scotch Church and its imported windows

The Old Scotch Church was organized in 1873, holding its first service on November 16, 1873, at a schoolhouse four miles northwest of the current site. In 1876, Jacob Hoover donated one acre of land for a permanent church building and cemetery. An estimate of $2120 was completed in early 1878 for a Carpenter Gothic-style building designed by an architect named Mr. Balantyne.

The design included buttresses, stained glass windows, a steep roof, and an eight-sided steeple. The congregation donated much of the material and labor for construction, and the stained glass windows were imported from Scotland. The church building was completed and dedicated in 1878. It remains one of the oldest continuously used churches in the state, with the Tualatin Plains Presbyterian Church still holding services in the building every Sunday.

The original members were primarily from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and were previously members of the Free Church of Scotland. Twelve original Scottish pioneers founded the congregation. Eight of these twelve founders are buried in the cemetery surrounding the church, which also holds the grave of mountain man and first U.S. Marshall of the Oregon Territory, Joseph Meek. Meek was originally buried at his homestead, but his remains were moved to the church cemetery after his land was sold.

The cemetery also contains a cairn added in 1985. This cairn serves as a memorial to ancestors in Scotland who were massacred at Glen Coe in 1692.

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