South Salem Fire Station No. 4
Historic Address: 397 Lincoln St. SE Current Address: 1585 Liberty St. SE South Salem Fire Station No. 4 was built on Lincoln St. between [...]
April 2024
July 2022
1898 Report of the Oregon State Reform School
The Oregon State Reform school, which stands on a commanding eminence about six miles southeast of Salem, was completed and thrown open to the reception [...]
January 2022
Eola Acres Florist and Gift Shop
This Metsker map for Polk County dated 1962 shows the breadth and scope of the Eola Acres 144-acre farm formerly held by the Gilbert-Patterson [...]
May 2021
Safeway in Salem
Aerial image of South Commercial Street (c. 1955-1975). WHC Collections 2006.001.0196 - detail It all started with an unidentified aerial photograph. Squinting [...]
February 2021
St. Paul’s A.M.E. Church, Salem, Oregon
St. Paul's A.M.E. Church, Salem, Oregon. Photo Source: State Library of Oregon reference number 2006.001.0705. In my line of work, I have [...]
September 2020
Salem Labor Temple
Salem's Labor Temple stood on the North Side of Center Streets between High and Liberty Streets from 1944-1963. Built in 1927, the building original served as the Fraternal Temple -- a meeting place for local fraternal orders before being bought by the local labor council in 1944.
May 2020
Obituary: Leslie Junior High School Building (1927-2020)
The Leslie Junior High Building at 710 Howard St SE in Salem was torn down in the Spring of 2020. Learn more about its construction and siting back in 1926-27 and the drama that ensued.
February 2020
Fred Legg, Lausanne Hall and the Deaconness Hospital
Tale of Two 1920 buildings tell of Salem a Century Ago 100 years ago, Fred Arthur Legg1 was pretty busy. The dawning of the [...]
November 2019
Valley Packing Company
Valley Packing Company 1919-1955Â -- Cascade Meats Inc. 1955-1961 The Valley Packing Company and Cascade Meats Inc., located at 2805 Val Pak Drive [...]
October 2019
Lamport Harness Shop
Circa 1890 view of the west side of 200 block of Commercial St. with harness shop sign visible on roof above the location [...]