Echo Methodist-Episcopal Church

The Echo Methodist-Episcopal Church was built in 1886 on land donated by J.H. & Cynthia Koontz. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The church is a New England-Style Church with gothic and craftsman elements.

Before the church was constructed, services & revivals were held in a grove of trees called Spike's Grove, located south of town in a Cottonwood Grove along the Umatilla River owned at the time by Elvira Teel and later her daughter and son-in-law Elmer & Pamela Spike. The first minister of the new church was Rev. H.F. Williams, L.D.

In 1910 the Koontz family donated more land and a wing was added to accommodate the growing congregation. The old tower was removed and a new, larger tower with crenelated top was built which, with the added wing, resulted in an asymmetrical building. Two large windows were modified with an arched top light.

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