Oregon's Capitol Buildings
Oregon's Capitol Buildings

Author: Tom Fuller

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2013-07-22

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1439643695

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The state of Oregon has had not one, not two, but three state capitol buildings. Two of them met a sudden and unexpected enddestruction by fire. William Willson, a pioneer of Salem, donated some acres from his Donation Land Claim for a state capitol. The first, built in 1855, may have been torched in a desperate fight to move the capitol to Corvallis. A second capitol, built in 1873, was patterned after the US Capitol in Washington, DC. This capitol, adorned with a beautiful copper-clad dome, faced west toward the Willamette River. On April 25, 1935, a fire started in a basement storage area. It quickly spread to the whole structure, and within four hours, the entire thing lay in ruins. After an exhaustive design process, a new capitol was built in the midst of the Great Depression, topped with a golden pioneer.

Oregon's Capitol Buildings
Oregon's Capitol Buildings

Author: Tom Fuller

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1467130257

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The state of Oregon has had not one, not two, but three state capitol buildings. Two of them met a sudden and unexpected end--destruction by fire. William Willson, a pioneer of Salem, donated some acres from his Donation Land Claim for a state capitol. The first, built in 1855, may have been torched in a desperate fight to move the capitol to Corvallis. A second capitol, built in 1873, was patterned after the US Capitol in Washington, DC. This capitol, adorned with a beautiful copper-clad dome, faced west toward the Willamette River. On April 25, 1935, a fire started in a basement storage area. It quickly spread to the whole structure, and within four hours, the entire thing lay in ruins. After an exhaustive design process, a new capitol was built in the midst of the Great Depression, topped with a golden pioneer.

Capitol Names
Capitol Names

Author: Philip Cogswell

Publisher: Oregon Historical Society Press

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13:

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Along the walls of the House and Senate chambers in the Oregon state legislature are the names of 158 men and women who helped shape Oregon's history. This compilation of biographies uses information taken from a number of existing published sources.

Fifty State Capitols
Fifty State Capitols

Author: Jim Stembridge

Publisher: Coho Publishing

Published: 2019-06

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780983029298

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State governments, headquartered in their iconic capitol buildings, have been governing continuously--and largely democratically, peacefully, and openly--for more than two centuries, a record difficult to match in the history of civilization. Fifty State Capitols shows how the architecture of state capitols contributes to the success of representative government.The formality, timelessness, and public grandeur of representative government are on public display at every one of America's fifty state capitols. Fifty State Capitols describes the majesty and stateliness of each state capitol's exterior form and selected interior details, in words and photographs, including a brief history of the building.

Public Buildings
Public Buildings

Author: United States Public Wo Administration

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-19

Total Pages: 726

ISBN-13: 9780484132077

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Excerpt from Public Buildings: A Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies Between the Years, 1939 Men build temples to the things they love. During the 10 years of post-war boom the finest buildings in this country were being constructed to serve business and commercial interests. Today, on the other hand, we are watching structures being erected everywhere to fit the needs of humanity in general. Hospitals are being built, floods are being controlled, new and humane prisons and asylums are replacing the old which-were intended merely as places of confinement and not education, Slums are being cleaned up, and in all building, as in town planning, sanitary and healthful conditions of life are being stressed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Haunted Salem, Oregon
Haunted Salem, Oregon

Author: Tim King

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 1

ISBN-13: 1467138134

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Salem's haunted tales date back to the 1830s, when indigenous tribes, trappers and homesteaders shared the lush Willamette Valley. Murders, hangings and dark underground passageways defined the city's early days as the Willamette River moved old stern-wheelers up to the city's docks. Today, the sounds of those phantom vessels can be heard plying along the river late at night. Oregon's capital city has long been the site of mental hospitals, prisons and other notorious institutions, famously depicted in the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The residual effects of decades of torture and depravity cling to the old facilities in both sight and sound. Author Tim King examines many of these chilling encounters along with eyewitness accounts of spirits that refuse to be quiet.

Building Big
Building Big

Author: David Macaulay

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780395963319

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Companion volume to PBS series which originally aired October 2000.

Pioneering Oregon Architect W.D. Pugh
Pioneering Oregon Architect W.D. Pugh

Author: Terence Emmons

Publisher: History Press

Published: 2021-05-24

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9781540247582

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The son of Oregon pioneers, Walter D. Pugh spent his career as an architect building landmarks throughout his home state. From designing the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill and supervising the installation of the state capitol dome in Salem to drawing the plans for the Crook County Courthouse in Prineville, Pugh had a hand in a wide variety of buildings. In less than twenty-five years, he worked on more than one hundred projects before fading into obscurity. Many of these structures are still standing, a testament to his skill even after his contributions have been all but forgotten. Join author and historian Terence Emmons as he explores the life and legacy of one of Oregon's foremost architects.