Historic Preservation Update--What's New in Salem History?

1876 Artist's View of Salem (Salem Public Library)

September 17, 2015 Episode.

Our good friend Kimberli was back with us today to let us all know that historic preservation is not stagnant in our fair city. Kimberli reported that a group of neighbors had recently organized the Friends of Court-Chemeketa Historic District. The group hopes to revive their annual Christmas Open Houses event that we all once eagerly anticipated during the holiday season. This year the Open House will be held Sunday, December 13.  Watch for more information on this as the event nears.

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SESNA Logo

The City has designated its second Heritage Neighborhood, the South East Salem Neighborhood Association (SESNA), whose boundaries are generally State Street on the north, 12th Street on the west, then south along the railroad tracks to Madrona Avenue and up to Highway 22, and the I-5 to Lancaster Drive area on the east.  You will remember all the neighborhood-strengthening activities and projects undertaken with the residents of Grant Neighborhood last year and the positive impact yet resounding through that neighborhood. We're excited to follow this program with SESNA!

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Capitol & Circuit Rider Statue (Salem Public Library)

The first promotion video in the Capitol Cornerstones series being developed by the All-Star Forum will focus on the State Capitol Building.  We learned a bit about the different buildings that were our Capitol over the years, and even more about the major conflagration that destroyed the building in 1935. We will have more information about the Capitol Buildings on our Spotlight on History page. 

• We added another entry into our Guess the Location contest!  Click here to go to our contest page!
  

See you next week!  Take care--and take time to check out all our historic treasures--they're all around you!

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