tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926308950008422002024-02-22T12:07:57.196-08:00Discover-Neighborhood-History (DISCOVER)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger262125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-13691336449547021922018-09-05T09:33:00.001-07:002018-09-05T09:35:57.240-07:00Edward St. Pierre 2425 Eola Drive NW (NR) WS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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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.<br />
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.<br />
Below is a handsome, undated photograph of the house that appears on the internet under the source www.waymarking.com.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-60533065052490054542018-03-31T15:18:00.002-07:002018-04-01T14:37:26.561-07:00Charles Vick 2090 Ferry Street S (D) SESNA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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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.<br />
A <a href="http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm/singleitem/collection/specialcol/id/160/rec/4">Koval photograph</a> 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.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-67950392060939993312018-03-03T15:16:00.001-08:002018-03-07T10:15:10.956-08:00Douglas McKay 395 Jerris Street (D) SCAN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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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.<br />
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 <a href="http://www.salemhistory.net/people/douglas_mckay.htm">biography</a> of Douglas McKay was published in the Salemhistory website.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-12215627217646153162018-03-01T15:41:00.001-08:002018-03-03T15:23:16.030-08:00Edwin Viesko 2060 High Street (LL) SCAN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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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.<br />
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.<br />
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.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-54410326090868269712015-11-01T13:33:00.000-08:002015-11-01T13:34:51.068-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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George Eyre 2098 Mill St NE (LL) SESNA<br />
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This Vernacular Queen Anne house is sited on part of the Alvin F. and
Elepha Waller Donation Land Claim. The lot was acquired by Mrs. Martha
J. Atwood and the house was built for her in 1893. Mrs. Atwood's
daughter, Linnie, married A. A. Lee in the new house in 1894. Mrs.
Atwood sold the property to J. D. Trammel in August of 1903; Mr. Trammel
sold it to George and Ida Eyre in 1904. It remained in the Eyre family
until sold by the daughter, Mary Eyre, in 1996.<br />
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This National Register property was moved to Halls Ferry Road in the 1960s.<br />
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In its original location on Winter Street, it was built in 1884 for Dr. Luke Port and his wife Lizzie and was the home for their family of two children, Alpha and Omega. The son, Omega, was a young man, working in his father's downtown drug store, when he boarded a ship for Germany for further study. The ship disappeared at sea. This occurred when the family was planning to move to a new property, now known as Historic Deepwood Estate. The family lived in the new home only a few months in 1894-5, Lizzie leaving first, taking her daughter with her to San Diego, California. The house was sold to the Manning family. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-67132961932053802892012-06-17T14:55:00.001-07:002016-04-13T10:12:11.902-07:00The Nielson House,1677 High Steet SE, LL, SCAN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Originally constructed by Karl J. Peters, this modest bungalow has served continuously as a residence since 1925.The Peters owned the house until 1937. It changed hands five times through the 1940s until it was purchased by Ole P. and Dorothy Nielson in 1950. They owned the house for the longest period of time, 45 years. The house is a typical example of the modest housing that was constructed in the mid-1920s in this neighborhood for blue-collar tradespeople.<br />
Even though this block was excluded from the Gaiety Hill/Bush Pasture Park National Register Historic District, just to the north, it represents a period development in South Salem which defines the character of the neighborhood. It was placed on the city's list of Local Landmarks in 2012.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-88292026176517109962012-01-06T10:54:00.000-08:002016-04-08T07:32:41.614-07:00The Hughes House, 480 Vista Avenue, D, Morningside<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim56S5I6gDLya4q4dYNGPMOQWO0pFpolr-fkicqKxu9dIm-SQKvh6XW_Yb0Js3n8SZs282UR4HCif7F0YIVzoxUumsvQLvcC2IkERc2BXrK1EDXqI8-UdjCFFxmo_pPPZh82rkCVBfbQxn/s1600/2.%25252520DSC_8425%25252520V2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694595198538804562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim56S5I6gDLya4q4dYNGPMOQWO0pFpolr-fkicqKxu9dIm-SQKvh6XW_Yb0Js3n8SZs282UR4HCif7F0YIVzoxUumsvQLvcC2IkERc2BXrK1EDXqI8-UdjCFFxmo_pPPZh82rkCVBfbQxn/s320/2.%25252520DSC_8425%25252520V2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 215px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">This Tudor style residence was built for J. Frank Hughes in 1933 on this several acre view lot in South Salem. After his death in 1944, the house was owned and occupied by the the son, John Hughes and his family. Upon the death of John in 1956, the house was owned by Robert and Fay Nelson and a nursery was located there in the grounds that had formerly been an extensive garden.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">The builder's 1944 obituary recalls much about him and his prominent Salem family:</span></span> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"MS 明朝"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;} @font-face {font-family:"MS 明朝"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} </style> <br />
<span style="font-size: small;">"Long interested in wildlife projects, Mr. Hughes was, in 1912, appointed to the first game commission by Governor Oswald West. He was for many years a member of the First Methodist Church choir. He attended Salem schools and Willamette University.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">“Mr. Hughes father [John] was an early merchant of the city and one of the first painters of the vicinity, the son being associated with him in a store which stood on the present site of the Sears and Roebuck Store. His father-in-law, Virgil K. Pringle, was a pioneer shoemaker, later settling on a donation claim in the vicinity of the present Pringle School. Considerable downtown property was acquired by the elder Hughes during his business career, including holdings on South High Street and in the area where the old Chinatown was once located. Extensive tracks of farmland were also held on the South River Road, one track being the site of the present Salem Golf Club."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The interior of the house, except for a family room addition on the rear, still retains the original hardware and wood trim at doors and french windows. It is not hard to image the gracious entertaining that two generations of the Hughes family hosted here.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-15486328138379265032012-01-02T11:44:00.000-08:002014-09-30T13:08:10.139-07:00Stirniman House, 170 Myers Street S, SCAN, LL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Constructed in 1925 by Joseph P. Stirniman, this is a one-story bungalow with basement. The narrow street facade faces north on a typical residential block in the Fairmount neighborhood.<br />
A feature is the eyebrow front porch roof and an exterior red brick fireplace on the west.<br />
The depth of house is 92 feet with two gables on the east side. <br />
Joseph Stirniman was a mechanic, working in, or owning, several garages in Salem. His wife, Hallie, operated a shop downtown on Court Street called the "Gibson Bonnet Shop" with Mrs Laverne Winkler as her partner. Mr. Stirniman continued living here after his wife's death in 1937, selling the property in 1941. The present owners have lived there since 1972 and in their application for designation as a Local Landmark state, they have "enjoyed it every day..."<br />
In addition to living, dining rooms and kitchen, it contains 3 bedrooms, a sewing room, laundry room, partially finished basement and a 2 car garage ~ surely very unusual for a bungalow built in that period of residential construction.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-86414725742740515832011-12-18T15:54:00.000-08:002012-01-02T15:57:15.978-08:00The Schmidt House, 1106 Leslie St., Can-Do, D<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSd6MISdF8dij3PJSAIdz4q0J5e-m8yDf51KFlnpyQc59eMvbjUv8SpURCmXZSPl72fmsVWdtNENsgmtOPPPrKdgubJ5G4nJkZPPJpaiR5i3If-YON1m4JSJ0IiTyDJUc_sbSjtPLe2IyG/s1600/Schmidt+House+1106+Leslie.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSd6MISdF8dij3PJSAIdz4q0J5e-m8yDf51KFlnpyQc59eMvbjUv8SpURCmXZSPl72fmsVWdtNENsgmtOPPPrKdgubJ5G4nJkZPPJpaiR5i3If-YON1m4JSJ0IiTyDJUc_sbSjtPLe2IyG/s320/Schmidt+House+1106+Leslie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687621326651159250" border="0" /></a>In 1932, this house stood among 8 others in this block of Leslie Street between 12th and University Streets. By 1966, there were twice as many residences on the 1100 block of Leslie Street listed in the City Directory. Today it is alone, the others having been moved or demolished. The blocks around it on three sides are medical offices and the expanded Salem Hospital. The fourth side is the busy 12th Street with its ramp heading east onto Mission Street.<br />Our earliest record, for 1932, shows it occupied by Mrs Grace Burns, followed by Arthur Denison two years later, and from 1936 to 1947 by L. C. Ramage and wife Lillian. The family who lived there the longest period of years was that of Richard Schmidt. There were many children in this spacious bungalow and altered bedrooms accommodated the growing family. (Remodeling of the basement revealed that there had been a fire, that this might have been the second structure on this lot.) Research continues in order to learn more about the house in the residential years.<br />How did it survive?<br />The latest owner discovered that the local builder used a cement-based stucco that was exceptionally tough and durable, although not suitable for moving. And, as the other residences disappeared, this one found an owner in the 1990s who put it another practical use: storage space for a nearby medical facility.<br />This house is a reminder that the downtown University neighborhood was once one for families and the small businesses that served them. We are grateful that this former residence can still echo the small-town Salem that no longer exists.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-39454351848810233982011-12-16T09:04:00.000-08:002011-12-18T15:54:30.766-08:00The Carr House, 4595 Dallas Hwy, West Salem, D<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fiCtWv4hfHcEJHULHMwMhuD-9Theor-aw7xfy4BS8xKt1tylFGXwhd6t5zKu4RGS0uCO3sf0o7TUdievF10XnRczXsPvz14ZHdGXA-bMOASOui0eYLlIgocG3UowNN21jHbrD1PxgTay/s1600/Carr+orig+close.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fiCtWv4hfHcEJHULHMwMhuD-9Theor-aw7xfy4BS8xKt1tylFGXwhd6t5zKu4RGS0uCO3sf0o7TUdievF10XnRczXsPvz14ZHdGXA-bMOASOui0eYLlIgocG3UowNN21jHbrD1PxgTay/s320/Carr+orig+close.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686773594759853714" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXWPJdnqiv4P78jHVvT9w7c3B6PnIOIkUk0SN1QMxubWS8snDnX1j8a0MDT4lC67vUV5phuhMmy0D6-Z9jyE09Bq9u3qJQNH4BcpCbp10je-Yd36h729ZIfVcpULVS4YyiYUpwMpAo8v0/s1600/Carr+interior.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXWPJdnqiv4P78jHVvT9w7c3B6PnIOIkUk0SN1QMxubWS8snDnX1j8a0MDT4lC67vUV5phuhMmy0D6-Z9jyE09Bq9u3qJQNH4BcpCbp10je-Yd36h729ZIfVcpULVS4YyiYUpwMpAo8v0/s320/Carr+interior.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687143728561263650" border="0" /></a><br />Now almost hidden beside the busy Highway #22, this 1856 house has been many times altered, including a new covered front entrance and extensions on the rear, but retains its original character, including the high ceiling and fireplace in the living room, while the surrounding township of Eola, once considered for the capital city of the new state, has almost disappeared.<br />The original builders (perhaps Thomas and Beulah Riggs) are unknown, however records show it had several owners before Reason Brunk acquired it in 1891. That family sold it to Mattie and Henry Carr in 1923. It passed to Vivian Carr (perhaps a daughter) in 1939 and she lived there until 1992.<br />Behind the residence, possibly of the same age, is the "egg-handling" house, see below:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicv13SfzT7_-lqfj98OzR6BclrelkeqTMVXCX0ykegUa47T65_c3Ockamtx5m2womLwV_DjofpSmjsv25mIKZd6bXNrqXKt1HY5NaXbmkkdiVmnUjiQk9cXP3FdxcQ1fUiWQMleoGevgeV/s1600/Carr+egg+house.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicv13SfzT7_-lqfj98OzR6BclrelkeqTMVXCX0ykegUa47T65_c3Ockamtx5m2womLwV_DjofpSmjsv25mIKZd6bXNrqXKt1HY5NaXbmkkdiVmnUjiQk9cXP3FdxcQ1fUiWQMleoGevgeV/s320/Carr+egg+house.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686778812037809570" border="0" /></a>After attending several Oregon and California universities, Miss Carr graduated from Willamette University and became a teacher in Oregon, Massachusetts and Washington. After her retirement as teacher at North Salem High School in 1977, she was elected president of the Willamette Valley Humane Society. Because of her concern for animals, she is considered one of the inspirations for this local institution. At rear of the property is a third building, a kennel serving both large and small animals, and a fenced area for their exercise. (This modern building construction is seen below.)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IyUXp7WrNWhe1dGoabIBNOLmw0oRtIBf2nHCN7IFWkoC3eWOxxE1MMD2bHbcExEYMprmOkChdvND2XmaX51qysmJZsVEWx-55dkYwPtwnT0PwWJ-B49Uw29watW7YmTvA8qcNWxZQ3Fp/s1600/Carr+kennel.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IyUXp7WrNWhe1dGoabIBNOLmw0oRtIBf2nHCN7IFWkoC3eWOxxE1MMD2bHbcExEYMprmOkChdvND2XmaX51qysmJZsVEWx-55dkYwPtwnT0PwWJ-B49Uw29watW7YmTvA8qcNWxZQ3Fp/s320/Carr+kennel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686780518603331138" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-45494435871880273252011-12-15T14:30:00.000-08:002011-12-16T09:52:12.603-08:00The Pierce House, West Salem, D<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2g15kH2al1wZjIjd1FVVu6tkLT_YPlfr_CQ__Eq6Uh3kc1DWfaQC1eQVp9tJY4N-XigYUfDY2VCLAL7aXkXq5av0e9gJvpwbjM-taywGKhPV-MmKoEu2WDlchosI3ODkCk3mZv6wlZOkG/s1600/Pierce+House+%2526+Eola+School.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgOj0YRiF113WkZFx4Kfx5tTeUWwP7PGYd0mcnyxIt_xl48OLvKh1PHm9qGtE5JVJ7mEUdZZM6z17_WswaoAWPFRlWYCkXWeI-k5N5vDHA_o72FIZwQv5DSnOcXRIIduSZCMu8lGFGV3j/s1600/Pierce+House+1957.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgOj0YRiF113WkZFx4Kfx5tTeUWwP7PGYd0mcnyxIt_xl48OLvKh1PHm9qGtE5JVJ7mEUdZZM6z17_WswaoAWPFRlWYCkXWeI-k5N5vDHA_o72FIZwQv5DSnOcXRIIduSZCMu8lGFGV3j/s320/Pierce+House+1957.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686486519727160498" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://salem-heritage-network.blogspot.com/2010/04/salem-in-1925.html">Cornelia Marvin</a>, our first Oregon State Librarian, married Walter M. Pierce. He served one term as governor and went on to the US House of Representatives where he served 1932-43. In 1954 they retired to this home along Rural Route #4, now Highway 22, just to the west of Eola School. On April 5 1957, the house was photographed (above) for an article in the Capital Journal as Home of the Week. An <a href="http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm/singleitem/collection/max/id/4069/rec/7">interior</a> is included in the Oregon Historical Photograph Collection of the Salem Public Library.<br />The house has had alterations and additions, but retains the charm of a country home and the gardens are still evident. Below is an aerial view with the school at right (white building) and the roof of the Pierce home at the left:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2g15kH2al1wZjIjd1FVVu6tkLT_YPlfr_CQ__Eq6Uh3kc1DWfaQC1eQVp9tJY4N-XigYUfDY2VCLAL7aXkXq5av0e9gJvpwbjM-taywGKhPV-MmKoEu2WDlchosI3ODkCk3mZv6wlZOkG/s1600/Pierce+House+%2526+Eola+School.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2g15kH2al1wZjIjd1FVVu6tkLT_YPlfr_CQ__Eq6Uh3kc1DWfaQC1eQVp9tJY4N-XigYUfDY2VCLAL7aXkXq5av0e9gJvpwbjM-taywGKhPV-MmKoEu2WDlchosI3ODkCk3mZv6wlZOkG/s320/Pierce+House+%2526+Eola+School.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686488294504061058" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-2975512351756622512011-06-22T06:29:00.000-07:002011-08-19T15:51:49.424-07:00425 12th Street<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ZBmGoIjyVb5bz05YrCJc3gdmXIsRw1OzMA3IklwMliTVqBhlIwyAV49cGYvF-edRAcPGYC0iuKx08LzTW8nB448QsBzrZJjp-vIpfqizd2MMEQBLCST1-naxywatHQgrfhTLdUzKGr4h/s1600/DSC_9024+V2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ZBmGoIjyVb5bz05YrCJc3gdmXIsRw1OzMA3IklwMliTVqBhlIwyAV49cGYvF-edRAcPGYC0iuKx08LzTW8nB448QsBzrZJjp-vIpfqizd2MMEQBLCST1-naxywatHQgrfhTLdUzKGr4h/s320/DSC_9024+V2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621035820291072370" border="0" /></a>Is this the oldest residence in Salem? Some evidence indicates this house was built on Ferry Street in the 1860's (probably behind the site of the Methodist Church) and was moved to its present location about 1900. The owner is now conducting further research.
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This 1919 residence was moved to the present location around 1961 on the back of a flatbed truck (and the garage was dragged here) from two blocks away on what is now Valleywood Drive SE.<br />
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The house built as a replacement for the Waln family's first house, built in the late 1880s. The family owned land this area and a generation later L. A. Waln still had property west of Grabenhorst Fruit Farms #2 in 1929. Lon's Hill Fruit Tracts, a plat divided into 18 sections may have been part of their large property. </div>
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The present owners shared a photograph of the house in its original location (below), then outside the city limits. Annexed in the 1960s and 1970s, this is now a part of South Gateway, a Salem neighborhood of suburban residences. Waln Creek, the only present landmark remembering the family, runs through that area today.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-124075259296685572010-07-30T14:09:00.000-07:002014-09-30T05:35:56.784-07:00Perkins, 198 21st Street NE, (LL)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This house stands on a quiet two-way residential street among others of its age. The property was part of the Waller Donation Land Claim that was subdivided, but never recorded. The owner and resident from the early 1930s was Granville Perkins who worked in the canning industry.<span style="font-family: "; font-size: 12pt;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-42186574131923374642010-04-21T11:46:00.000-07:002014-09-30T05:39:42.127-07:00Church of God of Oregon, 1760 State Street, (D)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In 1900 , C. N. Potter and wife deeded this land, a part of the A. F. Waller Donation Land Claim, to the Evangelical Lutheran Christian Church of Salem, Oregon, a corporation, and to D. G. and A. W. Granger. It is assumed the church was built soon after that date. The style is similar to other churches built in the late 1800s in the Salem area. In 1966, the land was acquired by State Street Baptist Church. The transfer to the present congregation was in 1976.
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Research is beginning on this 1920 apartment building at the northeast corner of Commercial and Union Streets. The Sanborn map of 1926 shows the footprint as the building today, although the L section at the rear appears to have been constructed at a slightly different, lower elevation. The City Directory shows 16 apartments from the earliest listings.
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The apartments show an elegant style that would have been attractive for short stays, such as 1920s state legislators or someone needing temporary quarters, or even the more prosperous commercial travelers: they might have been designed as suites rather than apartments. The rooms have high ceilings, large windows, wooden floors (under carpets), alcoves without doors for closets (some with small windows), small bathrooms and kitchens. Fireplaces are in some units. However, one unit has built-in storage drawers and a roll-out bed behind glass doors.
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In 1989, the apartments were sold by Betty Louise Bradshaw, as a personal representative of Elma Childs, to C. Rex and Ruth M. Layton of Marion County. It passed into the ownership of the Boys and Girls Club and then to the present owner.
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(CAN-DO)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-43336423863402866122010-03-25T09:01:00.000-07:002014-09-30T12:07:28.420-07:00Spring Valley Church, Brush College Road, (D)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This area north of West Salem was an important part of the early Salem settlements, close family ties and agricultural history unites these two communities. The old <a href="http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/max&CISOPTR=568&CISOBOX=1&REC=1">Spring Valley Presbyterian Church</a> was erected by volunteer labor in 1859, the lumber transported by boat to the town of Lincoln on the Willamette River. The bell came from England around Cape Horn to Oregon. It has long been a beacon for worship and its cemetery is still a place for commemorating those who lived in the community in the past.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-45609872760272276112010-03-24T09:45:00.000-07:002016-02-14T14:46:00.431-08:00Wild/Erb, 573 19th Street NE, (LL)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</style><span style="font-size: small;">Ira Erb, a Union Army Civil War veteran, came to Salem in 1890 from Ohio, purchasing this lot from the Wild family. <span style="font-family: "times new roman";">He bought the Boothby and Stapleton Sash and Frame Co. on Front Street and, with his partner Clarence Van Patten, was
involved with a number of buildings in the neighborhood. He died in Salem on May 25, 1915, and was
buried in City View cemetery. His wife, Hattie
(Harriett Myers Erb), remained in the house until her death on November 21,
1941.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">After several owners, it was sold to Lloyd Chapman in 1978. Mr. Chapman has compiled a complete history of the house. (SESNA)</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-46710705254693010832010-03-23T08:54:00.000-07:002014-09-30T05:43:12.666-07:00Fawk, 310 Lincoln Street S, (NR)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The 1902 <a href="http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/specialcol&CISOPTR=1749&CISOBOX=1&REC=1">Fawk House</a> at 310 Lincoln Street sits on a prominent corner overlooking Lincoln and Fir Streets. It has a Dutch Colonial gambrel roof and a stone chimney which serves three rooms inside. Henry Fawk was a well-known contractor and livestock broker. Eventually, this was the boyhood home of Ross McIntyre, Surgeon General of the United States and physician to President Franklin Roosevelt. It is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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(SCAN)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-35667759532429848412009-06-27T14:08:00.000-07:002014-09-30T05:46:57.722-07:00St. Paul's Rectory, 1510 Davidson Street SE, (GH/BPP)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A <a href="http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/max&CISOPTR=643&CISOBOX=1&REC=1">1953 photograph of Fr. George H. Swift and his wife Alice</a> shows them standing in front of this St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Rectory, possibly built in 1923. It was located adjacent to the new church at 540 Chemeketa St. NE. The church has moved and so has the rectory, now a private residence in the Gaiety Hill/Bush's Pasture Park Historic Residential District. None of the exterior features seem to have changed and the bright blue paint gives the bungalow a cheerful, contemporary appearance without forgetting its important place in our community’s past.<br />
(SCAN)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-86653162908771425232009-06-09T07:49:00.000-07:002014-09-30T05:56:41.706-07:00Jarman, 567 High Street SE, (NR)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1Ke9g1CgcHf_sPTyDvI4atjAVT8gjd3pcquyvXjPfX7vqOcv08r43v7IrDajBFnR9-_X8oziBZx4NgC76bfl_Nxhs6sHg06R4MiZxRrJ0tNCOwKU5CJPyiDBeLhVpVchMIkWvCDjbdoe/s1600-h/Jarman+567+High+St+SE%28DSCN0032%29.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a>This unique 1929 Spanish Colonial home, <a href="http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/specialcol&CISOPTR=1611&CISOBOX=1&REC=2">also photographed circa 1960</a>, was designed by Glen C. McAllister of Santa Monica. The gardens were designed by Lord and Schryver. Daniel P. Jarman, the original owner, was a J.C. Penney executive. The second owner, Louis Lachmund, was a prominent businessman and former mayor. (His previous Piety Hill home had been purchased and removed from its Court Street site by the state for the construction of the North Capitol Mall in 1938.) This residence is on the National Register of Historic Places.<br />
An interesting historical note: this building replaced the home of John Hughes, well-known merchant whose daughter Lulu married A.N. Bush, the son of Asahel Bush. The Asahel Bush family lived lived just south of this location at their residence, now Bush House Museum.<br />
(SCAN)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-79913532527107668142009-06-09T07:33:00.000-07:002014-09-30T06:04:04.132-07:00Harding, 1043 High Street SE, (NR)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This Italianate residence was built in 1884 for lawyer, state legislator, and U.S. Senator Benjamin F. Harding (1823-1899) in what was then a suburb of Salem. The architect is speculated to be W. F. Boothby, also known for his designs of several of Salem's fine older downtown buildings. Jacob and Lou Amsler owned this house beginning in 1903. Jacob was an important employee of the Bush family, later acting as chauffeur and assistant for Miss Sally. His family owned several properties in early Salem. <a href="http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/specialcol&CISOPTR=174&CISOBOX=1&REC=6">This house was also photographed by Bob Koval in 1978.</a> It was accepted into the National Register on December 21, 1981 and is in the Gaiety Hill/Bush's Pasture Park Historic District.<br />
(SCAN)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-503845784778319862009-06-09T07:26:00.000-07:002014-09-30T06:05:36.055-07:00South First National Bank, 241-247 Commercial Street NE (NR)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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South First National Bank Block of 1887 is shown here at right with awnings. Originally two buildings, changes in 1923 incorporated a central stairway for access to offices on the second floor. It is the only remaining building designed by Holly Cornell (1859-1911), a local architect who also designed the residences of Governor Zenas Moody and Werner Breyman ~ both now demolished. For many years, Benjamin Forstner and his family operated a store in the south section of the building. <a href="http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/specialcol&CISOPTR=1731&CISOBOX=1&REC=1">A photograph was taken in 1992</a>. This building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is in the Salem Downtown Historic District.<br />
(CAN-DO)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892630895000842200.post-71463756862325179692009-06-09T07:21:00.000-07:002014-09-30T06:06:57.831-07:00Starkey-McCully Building, 223-233 Commercial Street NE, (NR)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Only 70 feet of this 1867 Italianate Starkey-McCully Building building remain, the northern, two-story section of a five-story business block. The cast iron decoration is believed to be the oldest of its kind in Oregon. It was built by Asa McCully and John L. Starkey who had formed a partnership and moved to Oregon after their success in the California Gold Rush. <a href="http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/sj&CISOPTR=362&CISOBOX=1&REC=1">Another photograph shows the appearance of the building circa 1950</a>. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<br />
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