Theater History
Salem's Theatrical History "Those who gathered in Sandy Burns' North Star Saloon in 1870 to witness the first set of hurdy-girls ever brought to [...]
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State Penitentiary
Oregon State Penitentiary Prior to 1866, Oregon convicts were housed in the prison in Portland. On May 16th of that year they were transferred [...]
State Library
Oregon State Library The mission of the Oregon State Library is to promote the establishment, development, and support of library services to the people [...]
State Hospital
Oregon State Hospital (formerly the State Insane Asylum) Oregon State Hospital, WHC Collections 1984.053.0214 As early as 1862 Governor Addison Gibbs recommended [...]
State Government
State Government Fairview Training Center (Oregon State Institute for the Feeble Minded) Glen Oaks Orphanage Reform School School for the Blind School for the [...]
State Capitol
Oregon State Capitol and the Capitol Mall The original plat of Salem was laid out in 1846 by William H. Willson, a former lay [...]
St Vincent de Paul Church
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church The origin of this Northeast Salem congregation is very closely related to several nearby parishes and communities. There [...]
St Timothy Church
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church Ladd Avenue is the pathway to one of Salem’s more aesthetically pleasing churches, St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church. There you will [...]
St Paul’s Church
St. Paul's Episcopal Church 1954-03-31, St. Paul's Episcopal Church at 1444 S. Liberty St. "Dedicated 3/31/54. El shaped building running 175' N & [...]
St Marks Church
St. Mark Lutheran Church The Oregon Statesman newspaper of April 7, 1927, Carried an article which included the following: "A survey made sometime ago [...]