Saturday, May 25, 2019

Renovated church next door to our Portland HomeAway (May 15-19, 2019)

Julie Olson and her husband Ron own the parsonage, where we stayed, and the church.  Here she is in her kitchen.  The church was sold to hippie artists in the 1970s and was a gutted shell when she bought it in 1991.  Before buying the church, she lived in Morocco for 25 years, where her line of clothing was produced. She brought furniture and architectural pieces such as doors home with her.  The Moroccan government no longer allows such artifacts to be removed from the country.

Ron is the only person I've ever met who was actually at Woodstock in 1969!  These are camel doors.  Ron explained that the doors were opened when camels needed to get through the streets.  Otherwise, the doors remained as seen for people to pass through.

View of the living room from what was the choir loft.  See the church windows on the right?

No bats in the belfry, just a bath, up a set of steep stairs.

Moroccan bar and chairs

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