NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Expires 5/31/2020 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional certification comments, entries, and narrative items on continuation sheets if needed (NPS Form 10-900a). 1. Name of Property historic name Redmond Downtown Historic District other names/site N/A number Name of Multiple Property N/A Listing (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing) 2. Location street & Generally bounded by SW Cascade Ave., SW 5th St., SW Forest not for number Ave. & SW 7th St publication city or Redmond vicinity town state Oregon code OR county Deschutes code 017 zip code 97756 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: national statewide X local Applicable National Register Criteria: X A B X C D Signature of certifying official/Title: Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer Date Oregon State Historic Preservation Office State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official Date Title State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) Signature of the Keeper Date of Action 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2015) Redmond Downtown Historic District Deschutes County, OR Name of Property County and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) (Check only one box.) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Contributing Noncontributing X private building(s) 30 12 buildings public - Local X district site public - State site structure public - Federal structure object object 30 12 Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 1 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) (Enter categories from instructions.) COMMERCE/business; department store; COMMERCE/business; restaurant; specialty store financial institution; restaurant; specialty store DOMESTIC/multiple dwelling DOMESTIC/hotel; multiple dwelling INDUSTRIAL/communications facility FUNERARY/mortuary VACANT/NOT IN USE HEALTH CARE/medical business/office INDUSTRIAL/communications facility RECREATION & CULTURE/theater 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials (Enter categories from instructions.) (Enter categories from instructions.) LATE 19TH CENTURY REVIVALS/Classical foundation: CONCRETE Revival; Colonial Revival walls: BRICK; STUCCO; STONE/tuff MODERN MOVEMENT/Art Deco; Moderne; WOOD/weatherboard International Style roof: ASPHALT; SYNTHETICS; OTHER other: GLASS 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2015) Redmond Downtown Historic District Deschutes County, OR Name of Property County and State Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity). ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph The Redmond Downtown Historic District is located within the boundaries of the City of Redmond, Deschutes County, Oregon (Figure 1). The approximately seven-acre district is a commercial area parallel to the west of the original railroad alignment of the Oregon Trunk Railroad, which travels along the east edge of downtown. The District boundaries form an irregular polygon generally bounded on the north by SW Cascade Avenue, on the east by SW 5th Street, on the south by SW Forest Avenue, and on the west by the alley between SW 7th and SW 8th streets. The District comprises forty-three (43) properties constructed between 1910 and 1987 consisting of thirty (30) contributing buildings, one (1) building already listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and twelve (12) noncontributing buildings. With only twelve (12) noncontributing resources, over 72 percent of the resources contribute to the significance of the District.1 The noncontributing buildings are the same scale as the contributing buildings and do not significantly impact the overall visual and functional cohesiveness of the District. Per National Register guidelines for including historically associated landscapes, as well as recent National Park Service guidance regarding boundary justification,2 the District boundary includes a surface parking lot for its historic setting associations with the adjacent building for which the parking lot was established and which was advertised as a key amenity (338 SW 6th St., Piggly Wiggly).3 There are two vacant lots in the District, however despite these gaps, the District continues to clearly communicate its historic commercial setting and landscape. As a contiguous grouping of early through mid-to-late twentieth century commercial resources, the Redmond Downtown Historic District retains its historic integrity and continues to communicate important information about its commercial development. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description LOCATION AND SETTING The Redmond Downtown Historic District’s setting and its historic resources reflect its early twentieth century establishment and its commercial and community development through the mid-to-late twentieth century. The downtown commercial area’s arrangement illustrates a common alignment along the cardinal axes, parallel and to the west of the original Oregon Trunk Railroad alignment, which runs generally north-south at the east edge of the District. Southwest Evergreen Avenue is a primary 1 This includes NRHP-Listed properties. 2 Per Paul R. Lusignan, Historian, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, email correspondence to SHPOs, April 2017, “all buildings are part of some larger site or lot” and if the larger site or lot historically associated with the building is proposed for exclusion, the verbal boundary justification must “clearly [acknowledge] that the limited bounds are based on the fact that the larger setting has been compromised by change, not just that nothing interesting stands there.” Additionally, per National Register Bulletin 16A: How to Complete the National Register Registration Form, boundary instructions to "include any surrounding land historically associated with [a] resource that retains its historic integrity and contributes to the property's historic significance." 3 “Piggly Wiggly Will Construct Latest Super Drive-In Market,” Redmond Spokesman, 28 September 1939. The article reported, “Piggly Wiggly will construct one of the most modern stores in the Northwest, a super drive-in market of the latest type…with the big parking lot on the north…With increase in auto travel and parking congestion in town, Piggly Wiggly has seen the need of a parking place for shoppers…Residents of Redmond and all Central Oregon will be invited to make use of the lot for their convenience while buying at the super drive-in market.” 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2015) Redmond Downtown Historic District Deschutes County, OR Name of Property County and State thoroughfare leading due west from these tracks. Southwest 6th Street intersects perpendicularly with SW Evergreen Avenue, forming the intersection that is the heart of Downtown Redmond and anchoring the adjacent streets of Redmond’s central business district. Today, SW 6th Street is a one-way thoroughfare serving southbound traffic, while northbound vehicles use SW 5th Street. All subsequent downtown plats followed the traditional