United Brethren Church of Elberton Washington
by Priscilla Burgers
Title
United Brethren Church of Elberton Washington
Artist
Priscilla Burgers
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Photograph - Photography
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UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH OF ELBERTON WASHINGTON by PRISCILLA BURGERS
The United Brethren Church, built in 1913, is one of the few remaining buildings in the Palouse town of Elberton, Washington. With a population of 500 at the turn of the 20th century, Elberton enjoyed an economic boom spurred by a sawmill, a flour mill, acres of prune orchards and a four-furnace fruit dryer said to be at one time the largest in the world. Elberton's demise began when the local sawmill moved to Idaho after exhausting local timber resources. A fire in 1908 and flood in 1910 destroyed portions of the town. Eventually, Elberton's flour mill closed, and prompted by improving transportation to larger towns, so did the rest of its once-thriving business district. In 1966, after a series of bridge repairs exceeded the town's operating budget, the town disincorporated. Today, a few residents and a ropes course, operated and maintained annually by the Palouse River Counseling Center, are the only active portions of Elberton.
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