Louis Westacott
by Sue Massé Louis Westacott. Photograph by H.S. Shuster bet. 1880-1889. Willamette Heritage Center Collections 85.17.001. Lewis Westacott (1812 England—1889 Oregon) [...]
March 2015
November 2014
November 19, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Of absolutely no connection with war is the following story of a “properly robed lady in black” floating down [...]
People's Furniture Store
This token (2014.075.0001) provided the bearer with a 50 cent discount at the People's Furniture Store at 271 N. Commercial St. in Salem. [...]
February 2013
Ray L. Farmer Hardware Store, Salem
R.L. Farmer Hardware Store at the NE corner of Court and Commercial Streets in downtown Salem. Photos from Willamette Heritage Center Collections. [...]
December 2012
2011.006.0004 View of Commercial Street Looking North
This great view of Salem looking north on Commercial Street is a postcard circa 1907. Notice the muddy streets and the recognizable tower of the [...]
April 2011
Gerlinger Building
The building to the left is known as the Gerlinger building. It was home of Salem's Capital Business College, distinguished for the time future [...]
August 2005
Historic 240 Commercial
240-254 Commercial Street NE (Historic Downtown Salem) Classification: Historic Contributing (Listed as Local Landmark) Historic Name: South Eldridge Block/Greenbaum Building Current Name(s): Quilted Forest [...]
Historic 223 Commercial
223-233 Commercial Street NE (Historic Downtown Salem) Classification: Historic Contributing (Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1979) Historic Name: Starkey-McCully Building Current Name(s): [...]
Historic 216 Commercial
216-220 Commercial Street NE (Historic Downtown Salem) Classification: Historic Non-Contributing Historic Name: England Block Current Name(s): Dave Wilson Jeweler/Mr. Mystics Year of Construction: c.1877; [...]
Historic 201 Commercial
201-211 Commercial Street NE (Historic Downtown Salem) Classification: Historic Contributing Historic Name: Anderson Building Current Name(s): Nopp’s Jewelry & Art/Antique Village Year of Construction: [...]