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Mount Angel Abbey is a Catholic monastery of Benedictine monks located in Saint Benedict, Oregon, northeast of Salem, it was established 143 years ago in 1882 from Engelberg Abbey, in Switzerland. The abbey, located on the top of Mount Angel , a 485-foot-high butte (148 m), [ 1 ] has its own post office separate from the city of Mt. Angel.
He also established Mount Angel Abbey, a Benedictine monastery and school, which was moved permanently to Mt. Angel in 1884. [citation needed] The city of Mt. Angel was incorporated April 3, 1893. The post office of Saint Benedict, Oregon, was established at the Abbey. [citation needed] Mount Angel Abbey is still located on Mount Angel.
In 1889 Mount Angel College opened. [3] On May 3, 1892, the building complex burned to the ground. Odermatt resigned as prior and traveled the country as a fundraiser to collect money for reconstruction. In 1899, construction began at another location and was completed in 1903. On March 23, 1904, the monastery became an independent abbey.
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Saint Benedict, Oregon, 97373 Sign on post office. Saint Benedict is the name of the post office at Mount Angel Abbey in Marion County, Oregon, United States.. When it moved from Gervais to the town of Mt. Angel in 1884, the postal service would not allow the abbey to establish its own post office as it was less than a mile from the Mount Angel post office. [1]
On July 11, 1901, he was elected prior of Mount Angel and on February 3, 1904, after the priory was elevated to an abbey, he was elected the first abbot. Both elections took place under the presidency of Abbot Frowin Conrad of Conception Abbey.
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Howard and Jean Vollum also funded the construction of the Library Building at Mount Angel Abbey in Mt. Angel, Oregon; the award-winning building was one of very few structures in the United States designed by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, and stands as a remarkable architectural accomplishment.