Kings Valley Community Hall

Kings Valley Community Hall (Kings Valley Church) is the home of Kings Valley Community Trust, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed after the late local Emory Moore deeded the church and property to the community. Non-profit status was achieved in the interest of preservation and maintenance of the historic pioneer church and to foster a sense of place for the neighboring community.

Currently the hall provides meeting space for county and local entities in their outreach activities serving rural communities, classes affiliated with Kings Valley Charter School located directly across Kings Valley Hwy (Hwy223) and rental facilities for weddings, receptions, family gatherings or our own fund raising activities.

With generous donations from local businesses, the Kings Valley Community Trust was able to have the interior of the building painted, the floor refinished, and the attic and walls insualted at the end of 2024 and beginning of 2025. The improvements have brought out the shine in the building and helped to make it ready to host more events in the coming years. The Trust is currently assessing the need for a new roof, gutters and exterior painting that will help preserve the beauty and functionality of the building for the coming decades.

Thanks to Equilibrium Painting (https://www.equilibriumpainting.com/) for their fantastic painting skills, time and attention to the challenging project. The paint was donated by the Corvallis location of Sherwin Williams. The floor in the main hall was refinished by Stotsenberg Wood Floors out of Corvallis. Thanks to all who participated in the major upgrades and improvements!

Go to the Community Hall Rental page to see rental rates.

One of the more popular events sponsored by KV Trust is our annual Fourth of July celebration, complete with a BBQ and potluck. A Christmas party is held during the weeks leading up to the holiday. We invite all community members, friends and family to come and join in the celebrations.

History

The Kings Valley Church was built by the Evangelical United Brethren in 1877, across from the Price Creek Road and Highway 223 intersection. In the late 1800s, a denominational split at the national level affected the church's Kings Valley congregation. One branch of the congregation moved to donated land at the corner of Hwy 223 and Maxfield Creek, where volunteer builders led by preacher Thomas Yost—a builder by trade—built the church in 1892.

"Around 1913, church differences were resolved, and the congregations reunited in Yost's building. The old church at Price Creek Road was used briefly as a tavern and dance hall until it mysteriously burned to the ground soon after the congregations' reunion. Regular services were held at the Maxfield Creek church until the spring of 1950, when another split resulted with many joining the church in Pedee." (Based on conversation between Carol Shifley and Marlene McDonald, local historian. In "Kings Valley honors past, new hopes" in Corvallis Gazette-Times, June 5, 2008, p. A-2.)

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