First Congregational United Church of Christ Portland, Portland

Prior to 1994 the Church building was a National Historic Buildig sitting on columns that were on sandstone piers rapidly rotting away. Many ideas were considered to reinforce tham but none would satisfy the Historic people. So the unthinkable was done--the entire wall the columns were supporting was jacked up, the old bases slid out, new ones slid in, and the wall set back down. Without a stone being disturbed or the large window cracked. Come see it. Hard to believe.