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Legacy Business Programs – Celebrating Mom & Pop Shops
Conserving a New Type of Historic Resource Erin Swicegood’s recently completed graduate terminal project, titled “Celebrating Mom and Pop Shops: The Importance of Legacy Business Programs for Conserving Living Heritage”, explores why legacy businesses are important historic resources to preserve. A pdf copy of her project is available here. Legacy businesses play a meaningful role in […]
A New Marquee, Drive-In Open for Business, and a Chance Meeting Reveals Historic Plans
The economic impacts of COVID-19 in Oregon are being felt across the state and we’re only just beginning to understand how far and wide the effects will reach. While we unite to help each other through these troubling times it’s important to remember the positive things that are happening around us. Though theaters were forced […]
Preservation Profile: DeMuro Award-Winning Sherman County Courthouse (1899)
Sherman County Courthouse (1899) | Moro, Oregon On a grassy, rural hillside three blocks north of Main Street in the Eastern Oregon town of Moro, sits the Sherman County Courthouse. Built in the Queen Anne Style in 1899, this charming National Register-listed building is one of only three Oregon courthouses which can claim continuous use since […]
Preservation Profile: DeMuro Award Winning Fairmount Apartments
The National Register-listed Fairmount Apartments, originally known as the Hotel Fairmount, were constructed in 1905, directly across the street from the main gate of the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Meant to supply lodging for fairgoers visiting Portland from around the globe, this building is one of the only Exposition structures still standing. And like most […]
It’s that time of year again—time for Restore Oregon’s Pets ’n Preservation Photo Contest!
Highly regarded—in our opinion—as one of Oregon’s premier pet photo contests, the Restore Oregon Pets ’n Preservation photo contest raises awareness of our most loved places around the state. For the last two years, animals from all across the state have entered our contest in hopes of winning the coveted cover of the Pets ’n […]
Restore Oregon’s 2020 Pets ‘n Preservation Calendar
To create our first ever calendar, we asked preservationists from around the state to submit photos of their furry besties in old Oregon places. With submissions flooding in featuring different resource types from different time perious, we awarded a cash prize to our cover pup: Simba at the John Mock House, North Portland (1894). Gift […]
Most Endangered Places Spotlight: Santiam Pass Ski Lodge
Listed as one of Oregon’s Most Endangered Places in 2018, the Santiam Pass Ski Lodge has made much progress on its path to restoration thanks to the Friends of the Santiam Pass Ski Lodge and the Forest Service. The Lodge was constructed between July 1939 and February 1940. It is located in the Central Cascades […]
New Life for the New Redmond
The New Redmond Hotel, a historic landmark in the heart of downtown Redmond, is undergoing an extensive rehabilitation that will be completed in summer 2019. The Georgian Revival hotel was built in 1928 and designed by Hugh Thompson, a prominent architect from Bend. The New Redmond was listed in the National Register in 1980 for […]