Heartfelt thanks to Roy Fox, Liz Carter, and Jeff Joslin who have each completed six years of service on Restore Oregon’s Board of Directors! We have greatly benefited from their expertise in business, preservation, and city planning, and have been lifted up by their passion for our mission. They will be missed (and we won’t […]
City Donation Secures Future of Historic Creswell Schoolhouse
Negotiations between the City of Creswell and the Creswell Heritage Foundation (CHF) have resulted in an agreement to transfer ownership of the Upper Willamette Valley town’s oldest structure to the recently-formed non-profit. An ambitious five-year plan proposed by CHF would see incremental fundraising and construction project which would complete the building’s rehabilitation in time to […]
New Tax Reform Drastically Alters Tax Deductions for Charitable Giving
Only 5 Days Left to Give Before the New Tax Reform Drastically Alters Tax Deductions for Charitable Giving As we count down the days to 2018 and a spirit of philanthropy is in the air, we encourage you to maximize your 2017 charitable tax deduction to take full advantage of the deduction while you still can. With the passage […]
Update from the National Trust: House and Senate Reconciled Tax Bill Includes 20% Historic Tax Credit, Final Vote NOW!
The House and Senate Conference Committee has reconciled the differences between the two versions of the tax bill. The agreement eliminates the pre-1936 10% non-historic tax credit and includes the 20% Historic Tax Credit (HTC) with a provision that it will be claimed over five years. Also, the Conference Committee included additional transition rule language that […]
Fairness Demands that Mandatory Seismic Upgrades Be Tied to Financial Aid
UPDATED: May 10, 2018 At the first of two public hearings at City Council on May 9th, amendments to the recommended seismic standards mandate were proposed by Council members. Perhaps most significantly, Mayor Wheeler proposed removing, for now, the requirement to tie floors to walls for “class 3” URMs due to the lack of financial […]
Wong Laundry Building
Wong Laundry Building is significant to Portland’s economic history and to the ethnic and immigration history of both city and state. Designed by Alexander C. Ewart, the two-story masonry structure combining retail on the ground floor and lodging above is a prime example of early 20th century commercial architecture built for the travelers, businessmen and […]
The DeWitt Museum
The DeWitt Museum in Prairie City, housed in the National Register-listed Sumpter Valley Railway Depot building, is home to a collection of significant local historical artifacts and serves as an event space and gathering place for locals and visitors alike. The building itself is a rare example of a two-story rural depot, and serves as […]
Elks Lodge
The building was constructed in 1915 for the Benevolent Order of Elks No. 1168 in downtown Medford and has been in continuous ownership by the Elks since then. The Survey of Historic and Cultural Resources Downtown Survey in 1994-95 quotes the National Register Nomination describing the Elks Lodge “as the most distinctive example of monumental […]
Concord School
The Concord School is a landmark in the northern Clackamas County community of Oak Grove. The site has been home to a public school since 1890 and was, until its closure in 2014, a venue for civic events. The school was closed in June 2014 due to budget constraints and related downsizing and consolidation of […]
Jantzen Beach Carousel
The Jantzen Beach Carousel, a national treasure, was designed by C.W. Parker (a renowned manufacturer of carnival attractions) in 1921 in Leavenworth, Kansas. It was commissioned for permanent installation on the Venice Beach pier in Venice, California, but its stay in California was short-lived. The carousel arrived at Portland’s Jantzen Beach Amusement Park in 1928, […]