On a bike ride Friday, I stopped at the fence outside the former Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Santiam Road to take yet another photo of the restored building.
The historic structure dates from 1892. No longer used as a church, it has been in the local news dozens of times over the last few years. Volunteers organized as the Cumberland Community Events Center got it moved to its present site in 2021 and have restored it since.
On Wednesday the Albany Landmarks Commission gave the Cumberland group permission to protect the restored colored windows on the building’s north side with sheets of transparent polycarbonate…