Salem Heritage Network
George Eyre 2093 Mill St. NE (LL) SESNA
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...
Do all Marion County roads lead to Salem? It seems so. The north-south River Road, US 216, I-5 and 99E all funnel through the Willamette Valley into the city. US 22, traveling east toward the Cascade Mountains, crosses our L-shaped county...
We began our Marion County visits in August, a perfect time to visit Aumsville. The Sunday afternoon weather was fine and the Corn Festival was underway. Driving from Salem, Tom took various backroads unfamiliar to us, and it was just by accident that Porter Boone Park and the festival sprang up before us as we entered the city near 11th Street...
Tom had driven about 50 miles east on Highway 22 when Detroit appeared like a bright roadside attraction inviting us to stop and look around. Although the city had a beginning similar to the other towns you pass along the North Santiam River, this one has had a very different history...
This National Register property was moved to Halls Ferry Road in the 1960s. Off South River Road, it is outside the city limits.
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...
Gates has been a community of welcome since 1880. In that year, Albert and Mary Gates, who had settled on 80 acres that today include the present downtown, opened their home as the Pioneer House. It began as a hotel for the railway workers on the proposed Willamette Valley & Coast Railroad (Oregon Pacific)...
The mayors of Marion County cities are elected, but unpaid, officers in their communities. Their time is divided. Of the few we met, the one who responded to our project with the most enthusiasm was Shanti Platt. Our first task was to share what we each knew of the city’s heritage, resulting in the following historical outline...
Aurora is one of the county’s most visited historic sites, but for us, a recent visit was special. Gwen Carr, another Salem historian, was at the museum when we arrived. “What are YOU doing here?” we asked each other. She was continuing research for Oregon Northwest Black Pioneers...