Edward St. Pierre 2425 Eola Drive NW (NR) WS

At the end of a long driveway through a natural woodland, is a 1911 vernacular version of Craftsman residential architecture, the retirement home of Edward St. Pierre. A native of Illinois and former missionary to Persia, he served as a clergyman in Portland before becoming the first permanent chaplain at at Salem's Oregon State Penitentiary. At the prison, he instituted progressive reforms including rehabilitation and parole. The original 80 acre property was known as Elkirk Ranch, a contraction of his wife's name, Mary Ella Kirkpatrick.
Mr. St. Pierre died in 1917, but his widow continued to occupy the house until 1935. In 1938, the ranch was purchased by Fred and Marie Kubin, prosperous fruit farmers in the area. That family occupied the property until 1978. The present owners allowed the property to be successfully nominated for the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
Below is a handsome, undated photograph of the house that appears on the internet under the source www.waymarking.com.

Charles Vick 2090 Ferry Street S (D) SESNA

This 1910 residence was built for Charles Vick, a prominent Salem businessman. He also constructed the historic Vick Building downtown on Trade Street. He is noted for donating $500 to the American Red Cross and for being the first motorist to cross the Center Street bridge in 1918, driving a Fordson tractor, to the applause of hundreds of bystanders.
A Koval photograph taken in 1978 shows the appearance of this residence has changed little in the more than one hundred years since it was built. Since his time, many other prominent Salem families have owned the home including a member of the City Council, Willamette professors, and a Master Gardener. The house and grounds have been well maintained on this handsome corner lot.

Douglas McKay 395 Jerris Street (D) SCAN

In 1929, Douglas McKay, his wife Mabel and daughters Shirley and Marylou, moved to this house on Jerris Street. Mr. McKay, a veteran of World War I, had moved to Salem in 1926 and founded a Chevrolet auto dealership. In 1941, Mabel McKay and the landscape gardening firm of Lord and Schryver created a garden there. It would be the family’s only home in Salem.
 A natural-born politician, McKay was Salem mayor 1933 to 1934,  elected as state Senator 1935 to 1949 and became governor in 1950. President Eisenhower appointed McKay as Secretary of the Interior in 1952. After returning from Washington, D.C. in 1956, this continued to be the McKay home until his death in 1959 and Mabel's death in 1969. A biography of Douglas McKay was published in the Salemhistory website.

Edwin Viesko 2060 High Street (LL) SCAN

On February 8, 1923, Edwin R. and Marie Viesko purchased property from E.A. and Elsie Rhoten for $450. By 1924, Ed and Marie Viesko were living at this address in Salem's Nob Hill subdivision.
During the 1920s, Ed Viesko worked with his father in construction and started building homes, but selling the houses was challenging because of the Depression. He switched to commercial construction and partnered with Jim Hannaman, a local architect, forming "Viesko and Hannaman". They built several commercial structures. After Hannaman's death, Viesko partnered with Claude Post and established "Viesko and Post". They were responsible for Salem buildings such as the Marion County Courthouse, the Salem Armory, the Statesman Journal Building and Meier and Frank retail store as well as three schools.
This was the home of Edwin and Marie Viesko until their deaths in 1969 and 1970. It was passed down to their daughters and since then to a number of owners.