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 [...]
August 2005
Old City Hall
Salem's Old City Hall Nothing remains now to mark its presence but a stone shaft and plaque on the southwest corner of Chemeketa and [...]
Marion County Government
Early Marion County Government How Marion County Got Its Name An Island Most Salemites have a visual image of how their county appears on [...]
Marion County Courthouse
Marion County Courthouse Marion County Court House, four (4) photos, WCH Collections 0063.001.0062.001.160.04 An architectural historian once described Marion County¹s ornate 1873 [...]
Civic Center
The Development of Salem's Civic Center Salem Civic Center., WHC Collections 1998.013.0034 In the summer of 1968, then-mayor Vern Miller launched a [...]
Civic Center Location
Proposed Locations for Salem's Civic Center Two possible sites were selected for the proposed civic center. Both sites border the Salem downtown area. One [...]
Hannah Hanzen
Hannah (Dautoff) Hanzen Hannah Martin. WHC Collections 2011.037.1008 Hannah Hanzen once said, "No, I don't believe in women in politics, I don't [...]
County Officials
Marion County Commissioners Listing of County Commissioners by Year (Past to Present) (NOTE: Originally, the Marion County Court was a Probate Court and the [...]