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Container List 1999.013 ~ Records ~ Duniway, David C. 07/19/2017 Container Folder Location Creator Date Title Description Subjects Box 01 1.01 1868-1980 Adolph-Gill Bldgs The materials in this folder relate to the buildings owned and occupied by J.K. Gill & Co. and by Sam Adolph. These two buildings are in the heart of the original business district of Salem. The Gill Building (1868) is west of the Adolph Block (1880), and they share a staircase. The Gill building was later referred to as the Paulus Building, as it was acquired by Christopher Paulus in 1885; both Robert and Fred Paulus were born upstairs in the building. The Adolph Building was erected by Sam Adolph following a fire that destroyed the wooden buildings on the site; the architect was J.S. Coulter. References to articles in the Daily American Unionist from April 23, 1868 through September 8, 1868 describe the four new brick buildings under construction on State and Commercial Streets. Thes buildings are the intended new homes for the businesses of J.K. Gill & Co., Charley Stewart, Durbin & Co., and Governor Wood's new dwelling. Progress is periodically described. Finally, the first ten days of September, 1868, the moves appear complete and advertisements indicate the items they will carry. Another article in the September 8, 1868 issue indicates that Story and Thompson are moving a house lately occupied by J.K. Gill and Co. to the eastern edge of the lot so that when it is time to construct additional brick buildings, there will be space. The house had been built by Wiley Kenyon; once very tasteful premises had recently been used for trade and the grounds would soon be covered by brick block. Businesses and individuals mentioned include: Wiley Kenyon, Sayers and Buckley, Helm and Co., G.W. Gray and Co., Charley Stewart, Durbin and Co., and Governor Woods. On January 1, 1870, when J.K Gill had just opened in Salem, the Oregon Statesman contained an advertisement for the products to be carried. From January 2 through 23, 1880, the Weekly Oregon Statesman included advertisements for J.S. Clouter, architect and builder, located on Commercial Street between Court and Chemeketa. On June 18, 1880, the Weekly Oregon Statesman describes the fire of June 16 that started in W.P. Johnson's photograph gallery and burned the businesses of J.I. Thompson, Smith & Millican, A. Kramer, I. Moores, and W.P. Johnson. On June 25, 1880, the Weekly Oregon Statesman announced that Mr. J.I. Thompson had sold the land upon which three burnt buildings were standing to Sam Adolph. Mr. Adolph intended to erect a large brick building that would occupy the ground between Mr. G.W. Gray's brick and the corner brick buildings. Another article in the same issue states that Adolph and Smith intend to build 3 stores on State Street. On July 23, 1880, the Weekly Oregon Statesman announced that Coulter had just finished the plans for Adolph and Smith's buildings. On October 7, 1880, an article in the Oregon Daily Statesman describes the collalpse of the roof of the Smith, Thompson and Adolph brick building becasuse it had not been sufficiently braced. Businesses affected included: Mr. Snyder's book bindery, Mr. Waite's printing office. The repairs were expected to be completed thenext morning. On November 27, 1880, the Oregon Daily Statesman announced that Sam Adolph had just returned from San Francisco where he went to purchase cigars and liquers for his new saloon. In the same issue, the druggists Messers Belt & Co. had secured the agency for Slaven's Famous Yosemite Cologne. John Hughes' store and their pre-holiday inventory are also mentioned. On December 22, 1880, the Oregon Daily Statesman described the holiday windows through Commercial and State Streets, naming Frank McDowell's, Weatherford's, Belt and Co., the Pioneer Store of John G. Wright, Mr. W.W. Martin (jewelry), H.D. Boon's (books), and T.C. Smith. On December 31, 1880, the new brick building erected by Adolph and Smith was nearing completion. Their building on State Street had been leased to Mr. J.H. Coulter. Other occupants would be Smith and Millican (butcher shop), and Sam Adolph (saloon). In January ,1978, David Duniway prepared the National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Forms for the Gill (J.K.) Building, located at 356 State Street and the Adolph Building located at 360-372 State Street. At that time, Fred Page 1 Container Folder Location Creator Date Title Description Subjects Paulus, son of Christopher Paulus, was the owner of the Gill Building and James A. & Dorothy A. Henry owned the Adolph property. The review of the nomination for National Register for the Bill Building and the Adolph block took place on January 18, 1978. The two buildings were cited to be demolished for parking structures, and delays in approval of the National Register nominations occurred until the City Council approved different plans for the parking structure on Commercial Street behind the Lipman and J.C. Penney department stores. There is no indication in the folder of the final approval date for National Register listing for the buildings. There are numerous news articles from the Capitol Journal and Statesman Journal regarding the struggles over parking sites in Salem that delayed this process through 1978. On April 15, 1980, an Oregon Journal article reported that Richard G. Montgomery, the eldest gransdon of J.K. Gill, and great-grandson of Dr. William H. Willson had died on April 12. On June 15, 1980, the Sunday Oregonian announced that Mark Gill, the last of the Gill family, was retiring from his job in the J.K. Gill Building in downtown Portland. Businesses and individuals identified in this folder, primarily in news articles, in additon to those mentioned above, include: Nelson and Nelson Realtors, Videl's Lounge, Ladd and Bush Bank, A. Books and Music, Gill, Steel and Co., Patton Brothers, Gill's Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon (1882), drug firm Dyar and Grubbs, later J.C.Grubbs and Co., Dr. W.H. Willson (father-in-law of J.K. Gill) C. Liquor, Christopher Paulus, E. Klinger, Paulus and Klinger, Frank P. Talkington, Bureau Saloon, Patterson and Tooze Billiards, Pioneer Club, Jason Lee Mission, Chloe Willson, Fanny Wilson who married J.K. Gill in 1866, Robert C. Paulus, George Paulus, Paulus Brothers Packing Company, Salem Fruit Plant, Dole Canning Company, National Canners Association, Fred Paulus was Deputy State Treasurer, First Presbyterian Church of Salem, Home Mission Project of the United Presbyterian Associates, Presbytery of Oregon, Oregon Statesman, general invitation to all singers, the Salem Musical Union, Music Hall of Gill's store, Star Spangled Banner and America, to be sung on 4th of July, Odd Fellows Temple owns build and opposes Grand Hotel parking structure, Lance Dickie (Oregon Statesman reporter), Downtown Parking Board, Capital Tower building, Richard Seideman, Roen Typewriter Exchange, Court Street Jewelry, Mr. Mystic's Magic Corner, Ray Palmer of Odd Fellows, Coburn Grabenhorst, parking plan to save buildings, Cherriot bus transfer terminal, Michael Rollins (Captial Journal, City Focus Reporter), Jeanne Giordano (City Urban Renewal Director), architect for garage is Portland firm Zimmer, Gunsul and Frasca, U.S. National Bank drive-in tellers, Chemeketa Parkade, Lipman Department Store, JCPenney Department Store, Lipman's-Penney's municipal parking structure, Cooke's Stationary Co., Bill Beard's Sporting Goods, Tahiti Restaurant and Lounge, Charles Taaffe (councilman), Downtown Development Board, J.K. Gill building downtown Portland located on Southwest Stark Street and 5th Avenue (1922), John Guernsey (Oregonian staff writer), C.H. Geoffroy, Ms. Elisabeth Walton Potter (state historic preservation office), Robert Adolph (trustee for Adolph estate), Adolph Trust , Coburn Grabenhorst Sr. (owner of the Reed Opera House), National Historic Preservation Act, Grand Central Station was used as an example, Doug Raines (Chairman of Downtown Parking board), Dave Talbot decided that the buildings should be nominated, Mid-Willamette Valley Manpower Consortium, Salem City Council, Mayor Kent Aldrich, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), Gary Lanctot of the CETA office, Robert Briscoe, Riverfront Downtown Urban Renewal Plan, Ellen Lowe (council member), Alderman Peter Courtney, Council President Dewey Rand, John McCulloch, Edwin Stillings, Ellen Schneider, Wallace Bonesteele, votes for and against, Salem Council briefs, Iain More, John Daniel Callaghan, William G. Paulus, also known as Bill Paulus, Michael Lee McDonough, Fred H. Paulus, Paulus and Callaghan (lawyers), Kushel and Dresel Pacific Views, W.C. Griswold and Co., David Powers, Robert Moore, Ross Runkel, Robert D. Adolph, James A. Henery, Jim Walker, Hauser Brothers, Paul Hauser, Lloyd Hauser, Cliff Parker, Maple and Keene, Howard Maple, Spec Keene, Roy S. Keene, E.C. Cross Meat Market, Curtis B., White House Restaurant, The State Democrat, Conger Krapps and Long, Royals and Smith, J. Holmes, Conger R. Porter (printer), Foster Homer D. (real estate insurance), Krapps and Long (printers), Valley Land Co. (real estate), Cliff Parker Inc. (sporting goods), Wicklund (Howard D. President, Albert Brown Vice President, William Beard Treasurer), W.W. Lovelace, E.B. Salstrom, McCoy and Holman (cigars and tobacco), Lewis McCoy, Walter J. Holman, Melvin L. Hamilton (saloon), Fred Neckerman (saloon), Oliver R. Feist (jewelers),Thompson SW and Co. (watchmakers), Sherman W, Joseph, C.R. Parker (salesman), Carl Bosco, Reverend T.S. Kendall, J.S Coulter (architect), Stratton and Waller, C.C. Stratton, O.A. Waller, Thomas Manoles, Oregon Shining Parlor, Orey and Wager Billiards, George W. Orey, Leonard W. Wagner, Holman and Wagner billiards and beer parlor, The Pioneer Club, Frank P. Marshall, Perd's billards and beverages, Michael A. Perd, Delbert Hosler, Mrs. Virginia Hosler, Blessing and Orey, E.F. Blessing, George Orey, Patterson and Tooze, George N.