West/Klein, 2983 D Street NE, (D)

Original location at University and Oak Street

Present location on D Street

This house, located on the corner of Oak and University Streets, was the residence of the John G. West, father of Oswald West, later governor of Oregon. In the mid 1890s the house was sold to C. M. Beak and in 1898 to Mrs. A. Klein. The Kleins continued in ownership and residency through the early 1920s. Later owners were Harry and Lena Thorsen and then Epsilon Delta Mu, a Willamette University organization. It later returned to the private ownership of Bertha Brians, then Clifford and Agnes White. It was moved for the expansion of the Salem Hospital in the 1990s and is now renovated and relocated on D Street.
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Vinyard, 3183 Center Street NE, (D)

The earliest owner, but perhaps not the first, was Dr. Vinyard for whom the street is named. His widow lived there in 1956 when the present owner purchased the house. Nina Bilyeu, now a widow herself, remembers when the open acres across Center Street were fields with grouse and pheasant. Originally, the 10 acre Vinyard property extended to “D” Street. The floor of the former barn is now a patio for the second house behind the Bilyeu property.
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Moon, 2985 D Street NE, (D)

This house, originally at 774 Winter Street, was built c.1896 for Amos Long, a teacher in the North Salem School. Oscar Moon bought the property in 1911 and resided there until 1941. After the 1940s the house was a rental. It was acquired by the State of Oregon in 1963; privately purchased in the 1990s (before the construction of the North Capitol Mall Office Building on that site) and moved to D Street. A photograph of this house and its neighbor, in their former location, the German Methodist Parsonage, is found here.
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Heffley, 2365 Ellis Avenue NE, (D)

Heffley home on Garden Road circa 1911

Same house on Ellis street today

The Heffley family settled on a 100 acre farm just east of the Salem city limits between Garden Road (now Market Street) and “D” Street. Evidently the farming enterprise went well as Theodore built a fine home on the property before 1911. Due to development of homes in the area (probably in the 1950s), the house was moved to its present location and much changed. It’s height is diminished by the loss of the windowed basement and spacious porches along the front and right side have been removed.
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German Methodist Parsonage, 2981 D Street NE, (D)

This property was owned by R. P. Boise from the time it was platted until it was sold to the German Methodist Episcopal South Church for use as a parsonage in 1894. The church paid $500 for the property at 772 Winter Street, indicating that there was a dwelling on the property at that time. Norma and William Place lived here during the 1930s. In 1944 the church sold the property to Charles Warren, a carpenter. The State of Oregon purchased the property in 1977. The North Capitol Mall Office Building was constructed on that site. The house is now privately owned and is located on D Street. A photograph of this house and its neighbor, the Moon House, in their former location, is found here.
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Dairy Farm, D & Park Avenue NE, (D)

Traditionally, this was a dairy farm extending east from the State Hospital to what is now Lancaster Drive and south to Center Street. The descendents of Henry Washington White, a minister of the Church of God, believe the house was built or renovated by him in 1911. Three small houses along Park Avenue to the south were for the dairy workers. Plants grow well and trees grew to magnificent height. However, recent storms have caused several to topple. The house is as sturdy as ever.
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