Built in 1917 and dedicated on April 5, 1918, the First Congregational Church in Corvallis replaced an 1889 church at Third and Jefferson streets after the congregation outgrew its earlier building. Designed by architect Roy Dobell in the neoclassical style popular during the American Renaissance movement, the building stood four blocks west of the old church as the city’s population shifted westward. The Congregationalists, who had formed in 1883 after separating from the Corvallis Presbyterian Church, used the building until 1932, when they joined the Presbyterians to form the Federated Churches and moved to the 1909 Presbyterian Church at Monroe and Eighth streets. In 1935, J. B. Hollingsworth bought the building and hired architect Rowe D. Kennedy to remodel it as a mortuary, adding ornamental plaster and basement living quarters. The business later became DeMoss-Britt Funeral Home and then DeMoss-Durdan Funeral Home, which operated here until 1979. From 1985 to 1999, the building housed the Corvallis Municipal Court, City Council, and offices. Purchased in 2002 by Stanley and Charla Nudelman, it was renovated for residential and office use while preserving its exterior.