This house was built for attorney Samel M. Endicott in 1911; the property had been purchased from the D’Arcy family in 1905. He lived here with wife Emma until1934. Other owner residents were Dr. Edgar S. Fortner and his wife Lucy, Grover W...
Author: Virginia Green
D’Arcy, 685 Church Street NE in CAN-DO (LL)
This is the second D’Arcy house built on this property that had been in D’Arcy family ownership since 1861. It was constructed in 1888 by Peter D’Arcy for his wife Barbara. The three D’Arcy children, Peter H.(1854-1933), Maria Francis(1856-1911), and Teresa (1862-1936), never married and continued to live in the house until their deaths...
Burke Block, 267 Commercial Street SE in CAN-DO (NR)
This building was originally a fruit and produce house. The Illahee Club, which met upstairs, was organized in 1895 as a recreational club growing out of the first Chamber of Commerce; members were Salem business and professional man. In 1927 the Salem Laundry Company occupied part of the building; in the 1930s Hain’s Top and Body Shop was in business here...
Boon Brick Store/Treasury Building, 888 Liberty Street NE in CAN-DO (NR)
John D. Boon(1817-1864) came to Oregon in 1845 and was the first State Printer. He was a Methodist minister, a Salem businessman, and active in early state government. His store served as the state treasury at one time, giving the present business its name...
Rockenfield House, 154 Marion Street NE in CAN-DO (NR)
C.S. Rockenfield and his wife, Sally, originally built this residence on the northeast corner of Court and Summer Street in 1883. In 1937, two years after the State House burned, the state purchased this property and moved the house to 755 Capitol Street to make room for the gardens and the State Library...
Andrew Gilbert House, 116 Marion Street NE in CAN-DO (NR)
This former residence is a Queen Anne Victorian of Eastlake design built by architect/designer C.A. Robert on this riverfront site for A.C. Gilbert’s uncle, Andrew T. Gilbert. (A.C.’s family home, located six blocks away at 700 Marion Street, was replaced by Salem First Congregational Church in 1941.)..
The City Hall as Art
Eric asked, “Has anyone in Salem ever done a temporary installation by projecting a film or film loop on a building to be demolished?”No, I can’t remember that happening in Salem, Eric, but why wait to use demolition as an occasion for art?..
Parrish House, 470 Water Street NE in CAN-DO (LL)
Josiah Parrish House, ca.1860, was altered in 1913 at its original location at 745 Capitol Street, across from Parrish Junior High School. As the North Capitol Mall expanded in 1990, this historic house was relocated to the A. C. Gilbert Discovery Village...
Marion Square Park, Front/Com’l/Union St. NE in CAN-DO
This block-square area, designated as a park in 1846, had been the permanent campsite for the Chemeketa band and others of the Willamette Valley Kalapuyans. In the winter of 1847,an epidemic of measles broke out, causing the deaths of half the population...
Adolphson House, 870 D Street NE in CAN-DO (LL)
The first owners of this 1920 English Cottage style home were Albert and Doris Adolphson, proprietors of the Klasic Photo Shop who lived here until the late 1940s. Franklin and Doris Silkey were residents followed by Frank and Helen Lockman. The property was acquired by the State in 1959...