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Partner with Restore Oregon: Support Preservation, Grow Your Business Maximize Your Support and Exposure with Annual Sponsorship Elevate your commitment to historic preservation and gain visibility by joining our Annual Sponsorship program. Sponsorship encompasses all the benefits of a business membership plus significant additional marketing and networking opportunities. It is the most powerful way to […]

Please Welcome our New Director of Development, Keith Lohse! Pictured above: Keith & family at the Albany Civic Theater   Keith comes to us from the Lane County History Museum, where he served as Executive Director. He has spent the last decade working in museums, including a nearly eight-year tenure as the director of the Albany […]

Pictured Above: Interior of Zion Lutheran Sanctuary, Photo by Stephanie Brown. Free Event for Zion Lutheran’s 75th Anniversary On Saturday May 3, 2025, Zion Lutheran Church will be observing the 75th Anniversary of their Pietro Belluschi designed house of worship. Restore Oregon supporters and the general public are invited to their presentation and celebration of […]

Pictured above – clockwise from top left: Anne De Wolf shows guests the hidden features of the kitchen; Melanie Nead of Lonesome Pictopia sharing information to the guests; tour guests gathered in the main living room space. Happy Women’s History Month! To kick off Women’s History Month, Restore Oregon collaborated with sponsor Arciform for a […]

Mary E. Barnes Fullilove The Forgotten W.C.T.U and Suffrage Trailblazer by Kimberly Moreland As the lead research consultant and member of the Albina Preservation Initiative, a preservation project dedicated to bridging the gap between traditional historic preservation and Black history in Portland, we discovered the home of James Nathaniel and Mary E. Barnes Fullilove, who […]

A Warm Welcome to 2025’s New Board Members We are pleased to introduce our newest Restore Oregon board members: Chris Tackett-Nelson, John Goodenberger, and Ben Wyckoff. Through the short introductions below, you will quickly see the incredibly diverse expertise these new board members bring to our organization. Additionally, as a statewide organization, Restore Oregon strives to achieve […]

Help continue the story of Butte Creek Bridge. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and Marion County are planning to replace the historic and nearly 100-year-old Butte Creek Bridge (No. 06207A) located in Scotts Mills, Oregon. The bridge was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, concurred with by the Oregon State Historic […]

It has been quite a year for Restore Oregon’s Modernism events! We expanded to six signature events from the Sacred Spaces lecture and tour in May to the 125th Birthday Celebration of Pietro Belluschi in August.  It was filled with fun, learning and making more friends who are so passionate about design and architecture – […]

Previous grantees: Left – The Historic Central Hotel of Burns Oregon; Right – Alger Theater of Lakeview Oregon The Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant (OMSRG) is open! The OMSRG is open to communities participating in the Oregon Main Street Network. Grant awards are up to $400,000 in matching funds and may be used to acquire, […]

While the Chateau is currently closed, those who travel to see the Cave can still enjoy the exterior beauty of the historic Chateau lodge. Photo courtesy of Friends of the Oregon Caves & Chateau Merkley’s 2024 Oregon Treasures Quest Challenge We LOVE Sen Merkley and his team’s desire to get Oregonians to experience our historic […]