In 1967, Meriel Bernhard was married at the old church on Clay Street. At that time, it was still owned by a congregation founded by the German immigrants who had the church built in the early 1900s. Her family was involved in the church until its sale to the Portland Korean Church in the ‘80s. Read more: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/clay-street-downtown-portland-church-fire-german/283-efda8555-0b97-4035-b563-ceb64941c802 Watch more The Story videos: http://bit.ly/watchTheStory Follow The Story on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheStoryKGW Follow The Story on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thestorykgw