Center Street

September 2020

Salem Labor Temple
Salem Labor Temple

Buildings, History Tidbits, Salem History Hub

Salem Labor Temple

Heritage Center2022-08-25T16:27:56-07:00September 25th, 2020|Categories: Buildings, History Tidbits, Salem History Hub|Tags: 445 Center St, 447 Center Street, AFL-CIO, American Federation of labor, Center Street, Commonwealth Inc., Eagles, Fraternal Temple, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Knights of Pythias, Labor Unions, Loder Brothers, Neighbors of Woodcraft, Salem Center, United Artisans, Woodmen of the World|

Salem's Labor Temple stood on the North Side of Center Streets between High and Liberty Streets from 1944-1963. Built in 1927, the building original served as the Fraternal Temple -- a meeting place for local fraternal orders before being bought by the local labor council in 1944.

May 2014

Washington School Architectural Detail, 999.277

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:20-07:00May 14th, 2014|Categories: Artifact Spotlight|Tags: 12th Street, 999.277, Architectural Fragments, Center Street, East School, Historic Preservation, Lewis Judson, Missing Artifacts, Renska Swart, Safeway, T.M. Medford, Washington School|

Today, Volunteer George found an undated, unsourced newspaper article which describes the demolition of the old Washington School and subsequent donation of architectural fragments to [...]