HISTORIC RESOURCE BASELINE REPORT FOR THE

CITY OF SALEM MCGILCHRIST STREET SE

CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT

MARION COUNTY, OREGON

ODOT KEY #20739

Prepared for Otak Portland, Oregon

July 19, 2018

REPORT NO. 3579

Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc.

3510 NE 122nd Ave. ● Portland, OR ● 97230 Phone 503 761-6605 ● Fax 503 761-6620

HISTORIC RESOURCE BASELINE REPORT FOR THE CITY OF SALEM MCGILCHRIST STREET SE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT MARION COUNTY, OREGON ODOT KEY #20739

PROJECT: Road Improvement Project

TYPE: Historic Resource Survey

LOCATION: Section 35, Township 7 South, Range 3 West, Willamette Meridian

USGS QUAD: Salem West, OR, 7.5-minute, 1969

CITY: Salem

COUNTY: Marion

FINDINGS: ● 16 historic resources over 45 years in age were identified within the Area of Potential Effect ● Of the 16 identified resources, two are/may be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP): the Union Pacific Railroad and the Blanchard & Lamen building.  A 1941 culvert that carries the NRHP-determined railroad will be replaced, and it will be re-graded at its crossing with McGilchrist Street SE. These project improvements will not affect the railroad’s NRHP eligibility.  Completion of Determination of Eligibility and Finding of Effect forms are recommended for the Blanchard & Lamen building to determine its significance and level of effect. These forms will be reviewed by ODOT.  A finding of “No Historic Properties Adversely Affected” is recommended for historic resources.

PREPARERS: Holly Borth, M.S., Judith A. Chapman, M.A., R.P.A, and Lucie Tisdale, M.A., R.P.A.

INTRODUCTION

Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc. (AINW) has completed a historic resource baseline report for the proposed widening of McGilchrist Street SE between 12th Street SE and 25th Street SE in Salem, Marion County, Oregon (Figure 1; Photos 1 and 2). The proposed project will widen McGilchrist Street SE, realign 22nd Street SE at McGilchrist Street SE, and either add new traffic signals or modify existing signals. Urban Renewal tax increment revenues will fund the engineering services of project, and the City of Salem will seek additional funding for its construction from Federal grants through the Oregon Department of Transportatoin (ODOT). Due to this federal undertaking, all work was performed under the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and its implementing regulations, 36 CFR Part 800. AINW staff who meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards in Architectural History and who are ODOT qualified as cultural resource consultants in Architectural History completed the work.

Situated in southeast Salem, the project Area of Potential Effects (APE) is within an industrial area. The project APE includes the right-of-way of McGilchrist Street SE between

Historic Resources Baseline Report July 19, 2018 McGilchrist Street SE Corridor Improvements Project AINW Report No. 3579 Marion County, Oregon -1- 25the Street SE and 12th Street SE. The project APE also includes portions of the rights-of- way of Pringle Road SE, 16th Street SE, 19th Street SE, 22nd Street SE, and 25th Street SE (Figures 2). AINW staff identified 16 historic resources within the project Area of Potential Effect (APE) (Table 1; Figure 2). Of the 16 identified resources, two are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP): the Union Pacific Railroad, historically known as the Southern Pacific Railroad Main Line, Willsburg Junction to Eugene Branch (Figure 2, Map ID 8; Photo 2), and the Blanchard & Lamen building (Figure 2, Map ID 1).

The railroad was determined eligible for listing in the NRHP in 2008 as the Southern Pacific Railroad Willamette Valley Main Line Historic Linear District (O’Brien 2006). The proposed project will remove a 1941 concrete box culvert (Figure 2, Map ID 9) that carries the historic railroad alignment on the south side of McGilchrist Street SE. In addition, the roadbed through which the railroad passes across McGilchrist Street SE will be modified and re-graded. These project improvements will not affect the alignment of the railroad, but will result in it being re-graded at its crossing of McGilchrist Street SE. This re-grading and culvert replacement are minor modifications to the design of the railroad, but will not detract from its historical appearance or diminish its historical integrity; the railroad will remain highly evocative of its significant associations with the economic development of the Willamette Valley as an NRHP-eligible linear historic district.

The building attributed to the architectural firm Blanchard & Lamen (1970) and occupied by the firm in the 1970s may be eligible for listing in the NRHP. A Determination of Eligibility (DOE) form is recommended to determine if the building is NRHP eligible. If it is eligible, a Finding of Effect (FOE) form will be prepared. These forms will be reviewed by ODOT. With completion of the DOE/FOE process for the Blanchard & Lamen building, a finding of “No Historic Properties Adversely Affected” is recommended for historic resources for the City of Salem McGilchrist Street SE Corridor Improvements Project.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The McGilchrist Street SE Corridor Improvements project is located in southeast Salem, Marion County, Oregon. The APE extends a full one-mile stretch between 25th Street SE to the east and 12th Street SE to the west, and includes portions of Pringle Road SE, 16th Street SE, 19th Street Se, 22nd Street SE, and 25th Street SE (Figures 1 and 2). The road widening project will widen McGilchrist Street SE to a three-lane minor arterial standard, with additional intersection turning lanes and one additional eastbound travel land, east of 22nd Street SE. The project will also realign 22nd Street SE at McGilchrist Street SE, and require new or modified traffic signals at the intersections of McGilchrist Street SE with 12th Street SE, 13th Street SE, Pringle Road SE, 22nd Street SE, and 25th Street SE. The immediate vicinity of the project APE is primarily industrial, flanked by the Salem Municipal Airport to the east, man- made ponds to the north and south, and the Union Pacific Railroad to the west, interspersed with various commercial and industrial facilities and buildings.

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

The earliest historical maps of the project area indicate that while early settlers laid claim to parts of the land that would later become McGilchrist Street SE, the area did not experience any significant growth or development throughout much of the early- to mid- twentieth century when compared to areas of Salem further north (General Land Office [GLO] 1852, 1861). An 1852 GLO map of the project area reveals that the western portion of the APE was originally owned by “Ja Davidson” and a neighbor, “F.R. Smith” resided just southwest of

Historic Resources Baseline Report July 19, 2018 McGilchrist Street SE Corridor Improvements Project AINW Report No. 3579 Marion County, Oregon -2- the western edge of the APE, but the remainder of the surrounding area of the APE appears undeveloped and uninhabited (Figure 3) (GLO 1852).

James Orville Davidson was born in Baron County, Kentucky in 1792, moved to Burlington, Iowa in 1829, and settled in Salem, Oregon in 1847, after his son Albert had traveled the Oregon Trail and returned to praise his experiences in the Oregon Territory (Salem Pioneer Cemetery 2016a). Davidson is listed as a carpenter in 1850, likely his trade prior to emigrating to the Oregon Territory, but is later listed as a farmer in 1860 and 1870, the trade he maintained until his death in 1876 (Salem Pioneer Cemetery 2015a; U.S. Bureau of the Census [USBC] 1850, 1860, 1870). Fabritus Reynolds Smith emigrated to this location in 1846 from Rochester, New York, and has been noted as “[o]ne of the most successful pioneer farmers of Marion [C]ounty…” (Salem Pioneer Cemetery 2016b). Smith also served two terms in the Oregon Legislature and six years on the Salem Public Schools’ Board of Directors, all while living in the same location depicted on the 1852 GLO map (GLO 1852; Salem Pioneer Cemetery 2016b).

By the time of the preparation of the 1861 GLO map of the project area, more settlers had arrived to this area, which was divided into many Donation Land Claims (DLC); a majority of the project APE is situated in the James Davidson DLC, with the eastern portion slightly extending into DLCs owned by Joseph E. Parrott to the south and Alvan F. Waller to the north (Figure 4) (GLO 1861). Alvan F. Waller was a man of many firsts in the region: he built the first Protestant church in Oregon City, which may also have been the first Protestant church west of the Rocky Mountains; additionally, he built the first church in Salem and the first brick building on the Willamette University campus (Flora and Hochspeier 1996). Reverend Joseph E. Parrott was born in Missouri in 1821, and emigrated to Oregon in 1848. He lived in Salem at the time of the 1861 GLO map; although he was residing in Yamhill County by the time of his death in 1872, he does not appear in any census records in Salem (Bancroft 1886; USBC 1850, 1860, 1870).

The project area during the late-nineteenth century was home to several significant figures from the settlement era of the Salem community, but no historic resources related to these people or events were identified during the historic resource survey. The Union Pacific Railroad alignment that crosses the project APE approximately 200 feet east of the intersection of McGilchrist Street SE with Pringle Road SE is the earliest constructed historic resource that was identified during the survey. This railroad first appears on a 1915 topographic map of the area (U.S. Geological Survey [USGS] 1915). The Union Pacific Railroad was originally constructed as the Southern Pacific Railroad Willamette Valley Main Line, Willsburg Junction to Eugene Branch; construction of this railroad began in 1869 and was completed in 1871 (Austin and Dill 1987). The construction of this railroad created a vital connection between many of Oregon’s most influential cities, including Portland, Oregon City, Salem, and Eugene. This rail connection bolstered the commercial and industrial economies of the Willamette Valley and the state overall, and led to many more spur lines and connections throughout Oregon, the Pacific Northwest, and the U.S. (Austin and Dill 1987).

In the mid-twentieth century, the railroad was instrumental in bringing industrial development to southeast Salem in the vicinity of the current project area. Agricultural land with a few farms crossed by Pringle and Clark Creeks gave way to freight warehouses along the railroad. New industries along McGilchrist Street included quarry pits for sand and gravel mining, an asphalt plant, and steel fabricators in support of construction and repair at nearby McNary Field (now Salem Municipal Airport near the east terminus of the project APE). Airport Steel, near the northwest corner of the present Stone Quarry Creek (a former gravel pit), was formerly the location of one of three 1920s slaughterhouses in the vicinity (Sanborn Map & Publishing Company 1927). From approximately 1935 until 1945, another gravel quarry

Historic Resources Baseline Report July 19, 2018 McGilchrist Street SE Corridor Improvements Project AINW Report No. 3579 Marion County, Oregon -3- operated along the banks of Pringle Creek on the Walling property. The gravel pit had formed at a wide spot in the creek and became known as Walling Pond until it was gradually filled between 1945 and 1999. The asphalt plant began operation in the late 1950s on the northeast corner of the Walling property.

By the 1970s, auto repair facilities, auto salvage yards, and small business warehouses with associated offices moved into the area. A notable new occupant in the early 1970s was the office of the architectural firm of Blanchard & Lamen. The firm moved out of downtown Salem, where they designed residential buildings and offices, to southeast Salem in pursuit of commercial design, including new construction at the Salem Airport. They also designed municipal and public buildings in outlying areas. Originally they were the Groom, Blanchard, and Lamen firm, with MacCollin added to the firm name in 1963. By 1967, founder John Groom had left the firm and MacCollin moved on soon after (Capital Journal 1963, 1964, 1967; Polk’s Portland City Directory 1971).

McGilchrist Street SE first appears in map records on the 1917 topographic map of the area, but only extends approximately one-half of its current alignment, intersecting with Pringle Road SE to the west and traveling eastward to intersect with 22nd Street SE to the east; few buildings are noted along its alignment (USGS 1917). Although it is unknown when the street was named, it was likely for William McGilchrist, who was a Salem insurance executive, a realtor, and restaurant owner. His 1979 house still stands in Salem (SHINE on Salem 2018). McGilchrist Street SE appears to have been constructed to its current one-mile alignment between the publications of the 1957 and 1969 topographic maps of the area; however, aside from portraying the extension of McGilchrist Street SE, the 1969 topographic map shows the project area with few additional built resources (Figures 5 and 6) (USGS 1957, 1969). Map research indicates that much of the commercial and industrial presence currently observed occurred within the modern era; the only significant modifications to the surrounding APE landscape is the realignment of Pringle Creek, which was completed to accommodate the transition of a pond to a gravel pit north of McGilchrist Street SE (Figures 5 and 6) (USGS 1957, 1969).

PREVIOUSLY RECORDED HISTORIC RESOURCES

A search of the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Historic Sites Database was conducted to identify historic resources that have been previously identified within the project APE. The SHPO database search revealed that one historic property had previously been identified within the project APE: the Union Pacific Railroad (Table 1; Figure 2, Map ID 8). This railroad was constructed in 1871, and has been previously determined eligible for listing in the National Register of National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as the Southern Pacific Railroad Willamette Valley Main Line Linear Historic District (O’Brien 2006). A search of the Salem Historic Buildings database revealed no historic buildings are within the project APE.

SURVEY METHODS AND FINDINGS

AINW architectural historian Holly Borth, M.S., conducted a survey of the APE on November 24, 2015, to identify and document historic resources. For this survey, historic resources were defined as buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts that are 45 years in age or older, meaning that they were constructed in or before 1970. Typically, in order for a resource to qualify as “historic,” it must be 50 years in age or older; however, resources of exceptional significance can be listed in the NRHP before reaching this age threshold. In

Historic Resources Baseline Report July 19, 2018 McGilchrist Street SE Corridor Improvements Project AINW Report No. 3579 Marion County, Oregon -4- documenting resources that are at least 45 years in age, AINW identified resources that may reach the 50 year age mark during project planning and construction phases, providing a five year buffer where the results of this survey will remain valid. Ms. Borth documented the physical features and historical integrity of the historic resources identified, and captured their current appearance and context using digital photography.

As a result of this survey, 16 historic resources were identified (Table 1; Figure 2). Of those 16 identified resources, one has been determined to be eligible for listing in the NRHP: the Southern Pacific Railroad Main Line, Willsburg Junction to Eugene Branch that is now operated by Union Pacific Railroad (Figure 2, Map ID 8). In 2008, a separate segment of the subject railroad was determined to be eligible for listing in the NRHP and was recorded into the SHPO Historic Sites Database as part of a potential Southern Pacific Railroad Willamette Valley Main Line Linear Historic District under Criterion A “for its association with the economic development of the Willamette Valley, and as the first railroad to service the major cities of Portland, Oregon City, Salem, and Eugene” (O’Brien 2006).

The subject railroad is a segment of that same railroad alignment that was previously determined to be eligible for listing in the NRHP, and a lack of significant alignment modifications was observed during the project historic resource survey. The segment of the Union Pacific Railroad that crosses the APE is therefore recommended to be eligible for listing in the NRHP under Criterion A for its association with the economic development of the Willamette Valley. The Blanchard & Lamen building (1970) may be eligible for listing in the NRHP due to the architectural distinction and integrity of the building and its association with the architectural firm of Blanchard & Lamen (Figure 2, Map ID 1).

The remaining 14 historic resources identified during the survey, which consisted of seven commercial buildings (circa 1950, 1963, 1966, 1967, and two 1970), one steel facility complex (1950, 1957), one industrial complex (1970), and five culverts (1941, two circa 1950, and two circa 1960), are all recommended to be not eligible for listing in the NRHP due to either modifications over time or a lack of association with a significant event, pattern of history, or person of the past (Criteria A and B), in addition to lack of distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction (Criterion C).

SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS

AINW has completed a historic resource baseline report for the proposed McGilchrist Street SE Corridor Improvements road widening project in Salem, Marion County. The work was completed under the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and its implementing regulations, 36 CFR Part 800. Of the 16 identified historic resources within or crossed by the project APE, one resource has been determined eligible for listing in the NRHP, the Southern Pacific Railroad Main Line, Willsburg Junction to Eugene Branch (Figure 2, Map ID 8); and the Blanchard & Lamen building (Figure 2, Map ID 1) may be eligible for listing in the NRHP.

 The McGilchrist Street SE Corridor project improvements will include re-grading the NRHP-eligible railroad and replacing a historic-period culvert that carries the railroad. Although the culvert, which was constructed in 1941, dates to the historic period, it was completed 70 years after the initial construction of this railroad, and is therefore not original to the railroad’s construction and alignment, and is not a character- defining feature; its replacement therefore will not affect the railroad’s historic appearance or diminish its historic integrity. The re-grading of the roadbed that carries the railroad across McGilchrist Street SE will also not affect the railroad’s historic

Historic Resources Baseline Report July 19, 2018 McGilchrist Street SE Corridor Improvements Project AINW Report No. 3579 Marion County, Oregon -5- appearance or diminish its historic integrity. The McGilchrist Street SE Corridor Improvements road widening project in Salem, Oregon will not adversely affect the NRHP-eligible Southern Pacific Railroad Main Line, Willsburg Junction to Eugene Branch.

 A DOE evaluation is recommended for the Blanchard & Lamen building to determine if it is a significant historic property. Intensive-level investigation would chronicle the history of the architectural firm of Blanchard & Lamen and their importance in regional architecture. The DOE will determine the integrity of the building as well as any innovative architectural features that may be present. An FOE evaluation will be needed if the building is determined by ODOT to be NRHP eligible. The FOE form will allow ODOT to determine whether an adverse effect to the historic property will occur under Section 106 of the NHPA. A preliminary analysis to determine whether a use of the property (i.e., right-of-way acquisition) would occur under Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act may also be needed, and could lead to a review of avoidance alternatives for the project.

 The other 14 historic resources are recommended not eligible for listing in the NRHP and thus will not be affected by the project. A finding of “No Historic Properties Adversely Affected” is therefore recommended for historic resources.

REFERENCES

Austin, Ed, and Tom Dill 1987 The Southern Pacific in Oregon. Pacific Fast Mail, Edmonds, Washington.

Bancroft, Hubert Howe 1886 History of the Pacific States, Volume XXIV. Oregon, 1834-1848. The History Company, San Francisco.

Flora, Stephanie, and Sherrill A. Hochspeier (compilers) 1996 Lee Mission Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, 1842-1996. Willamette Valley Genealogical Society, Salem, Oregon.

General Land Office (GLO) 1852 Plat of Township No. 7 South, Range No. 3 West, Willamette Meridian. Electronic document, http://www.blm.gov/or/landrecords/survey/yPlatView1_2.php?path=POR&name=t070 s030w_001.jpg, accessed January 6, 2016. 1861 Plat of Township No. 7 South, Range No. 3 West, Willamette Meridian. Electronic document, http://www.blm.gov/or/landrecords/survey/yPlatView1_2.php?path=POR&name=t070 s030w_002.jpg, accessed January 6, 2016.

O’Brien, Elizabeth 2006 Section 106 Documentation Form for Southern Pacific Railroad Willamette Valley Main Line. Appendix to Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc. Report No. 1740.

Polk’s Portland City Directory 1971 Entry for McGilchrist St SE Intersects: Blanchard & Lamen. R.L. Polk & Co., Portland, Oregon.

Historic Resources Baseline Report July 19, 2018 McGilchrist Street SE Corridor Improvements Project AINW Report No. 3579 Marion County, Oregon -6- Salem Pioneer Cemetery 2016a James Orville Davidson. Electronic document, http://www.salempioneercemetery.org/records/display_record.php?id=7785, accessed January 6, 2016. 2016b Fabritus Reynolds Smith. Electronic document, http://www.salempioneercemetery.org/records/display_record.php?id=6126, accessed January 6, 2016.

Sanborn Map & Publishing Company 1927 Insurance Maps of Salem, Oregon. Sanborn Map & Publishing Company, New York.

SHINE on Salem 2018 1917 McGilchrist House. Salem Heritage Network, Oregon. Electronic document, https://shineonsalem.org/contact/, accessed July 18, 2018.

The Capital Journal [Salem, Oregon] 1963 Architectural Firm Adds New Partner. 30 August:9. 1964 ‘Gourmet’ Designs Salem Area Home. 4 January:23. 1967 John Groom to Quit Architectural Firm. 7 January:5.

U.S. Bureau of the Census (USBC) 1850 Manuscript Population Census of the United States. Seventh Census of the United States. Territory of Oregon, Marion County. On file, Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon. 1860 Manuscript Population Census of the United States. Eighth Census of the United States. State of Oregon, Marion County, South Salem Precinct. On file, Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon. 1870 Manuscript Population Census of the United States. Ninth Census of the United States. State of Oregon, Marion County, Salem Precinct. On file, Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 1915 Eola, Oregon. 7.5-minute topographic map. On file, Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc., Portland. 1917 Salem, Oreg. 15-minute topographic map. On file, Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc., Portland, Oregon. 1940 Salem, Oreg. 15-minute topographic map. On file, Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc., Portland. 1957 Salem, Oreg. 15-minute topographic map. On file, Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc., Portland. 1969 Salem West, Oreg. 7.5-minute topographic map. On file, Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc., Portland, Oregon.

Historic Resources Baseline Report July 19, 2018 McGilchrist Street SE Corridor Improvements Project AINW Report No. 3579 Marion County, Oregon -7- TABLE 1

HISTORIC RESOURCES IDENTIFIED

Property Name, Construction Date/ NRHP Status/ Map ID Photograph(s) of Resource Address, Property ID Resource Type Recommendation

The one-story 1970 retail facility has tilt-up or pre- Potentially cast concrete panel walls eligible/contributing with pebble stucco surfaces and the original DOE and FOE 2535 25th Street SE anodized aluminum evaluations are

fenestration on the façade. recommended to R82582 A projecting entry cover complete an evaluation 1 and free-standing sign of NRHP eligibility and

wall distinguish the Finding of Effect. The

façade. The building evaluations will be 073W35DA00900 appears to retain most reviewed by ODOT for aspects of integrity. The historic property building was the main determination and effect office for the Blanchard & analysis. Lamen architectural firm.

The 1966 auto service Not eligible/ commercial building has non-contributing modern T-111 siding, a

2420 McGilchrist gable standing-seam metal Recommended not eligible Street SE roof, and modern due to a lack of distinctive windows. The rectangular characteristics of a type, R82581 shape and form are intact. 2 period, or method of The associated rectangular construction, in addition warehouse is modern and to a lack of association has vertical metal siding with a significant event or 073W35DA01300 and a large roll-up garage pattern of history, or a door. The buildings have significant person of the diminished integrity due past. to exterior modifications.

TABLE 1, continued

Property Name, Construction Date/ NRHP Status/ Map ID Photograph(s) of Resource Address, Property ID Resource Type Recommendation 1950s Steel Warehouse Facility Complex with approximately four 1950 or 1957 dates of construction, and approximately three mobile home structures.

Two Quonset hut Not eligible/ structures are covered non-contributing with horizontal corrugated

2190 McGilchrist metal panels and have the Recommended not eligible Street SE original façade sliding due to a lack of distinctive doors. The two-story characteristics of a type, R74626 metal-clad utilitarian 3 period, or method of warehouse has been re- construction, in addition sided with corrugated to a lack of association panels. The mobile homes with a significant event or 073W35DB03700 date from the 1960s to the pattern of history, or a 1980s. The property is significant person of the strewn with scrap metal past. and machines. The facility is not a cohesive historical grouping but represents an accumulation of structures, vehicles, and objects over time. The business is attributed to Airport Steel metal fabricators. TABLE 1, continued

Property Name, Construction Date/ NRHP Status/ Map ID Photograph(s) of Resource Address, Property ID Resource Type Recommendation

The circa 1970 complex consists of a small office building and a larger warehouse. One of the buildings may pre-date 1970. The office building Not eligible/ has modern corrugated non-contributing metal panel siding, small

windows that appear to be 2677 22nd Street SE Recommended not eligible original, and asphalt due to a lack of distinctive shingle roofing. The R74635 characteristics of a type, warehouse has the same 4 period, or method of modern corrugated metal construction, in addition panel siding and the to a lack of association original sliding garage 073W35DC00200 with a significant event or door on the façade. Both pattern of history, or a buildings have been significant person of the altered with modern siding past. but retain their original form and possibly function, since they are part of the Colson & Colson Construction Company.

Not eligible/ non-contributing

Recommended not eligible due to a lack of distinctive characteristics of a type, Pringle Creek Culvert at Circa 1950 poured 5 period, or method of 22nd Street SE concrete tubular culvert construction, in addition to a lack of association with a significant event or pattern of history, or a significant person of the past.

TABLE 1, continued

Property Name, Construction Date/ NRHP Status/ Map ID Photograph(s) of Resource Address, Property ID Resource Type Recommendation

Not eligible/ non-contributing

Recommended not eligible due to a lack of distinctive Pringle Creek Culvert at characteristics of a type, Circa 1950 poured 6 McGilchrist Street SE near period, or method of concrete box culvert 22nd Street SE construction, in addition to a lack of association with a significant event or pattern of history, or a significant person of the past.

TABLE 1, continued

Property Name, Construction Date/ NRHP Status/ Map ID Photograph(s) of Resource Address, Property ID Resource Type Recommendation

The circa 1973 distribution building has a retail storefront and a large, attached warehouse. The building is tilt-up pebble surface panel construction, and the Not eligible/ storefront has the original non-contributing aluminum windows. The

2110 McGilchrist two-door entry on the Recommended not eligible Street SE storefront appears to be a due to a lack of distinctive replacement. The characteristics of a type, R74631 warehouse has the 7 period, or method of original roll-up garage construction, in addition doors with pent awning to a lack of association and it retains covered with a significant event or 073W35DB04100 concrete loading docks. pattern of history, or a Vertical metal siding significant person of the covers various locations past. on the building. The Airgas company (founded in 1982) currently occupies the building. The building appears to retain integrity, with only a few minor modifications.

TABLE 1, continued

Property Name, Construction Date/ NRHP Status/ Map ID Photograph(s) of Resource Address, Property ID Resource Type Recommendation

Eligible/Contributing Union Pacific Railroad

(originally constructed as Determined eligible the Southern Pacific under Criterion A for its Railroad Willamette Valley association with the Main Line, Willsburg 8 1871 Railroad economic development Junction to Eugene of the Willamette Valley, Branch) and as the first railroad

to serve the cities of McGilchrist Street SE Portland, Oregon City, Crossing, Salem Salem, and Eugene.

Not eligible/ non-contributing

Recommended not eligible due to a lack of distinctive Union Pacific Railroad characteristics of a type, 9 culvert at McGilchrist 1941 concrete box culvert period, or method of Street SE construction, in addition to a lack of association with a significant event or pattern of history, or a significant person of the past.

Not eligible/ non-contributing

Recommended not eligible due to a lack of distinctive Pringle Creek Culvert at characteristics of a type, Circa 1960 corrugated 10 McGilchrist Street SE near period, or method of metal culvert Pringle Road construction, in addition to a lack of association with a significant event or pattern of history, or a significant person of the past.

TABLE 1, continued

Property Name, Construction Date/ NRHP Status/ Map ID Photograph(s) of Resource Address, Property ID Resource Type Recommendation Recommended Not Eligible/Non-Contributing Circa 1960 corrugated metal pipe (CMP) culvert Retains integrity but lacks with dry-stacked rock distinction due to post- headwall. 1940 construction date; Clark Creek Culvert at lacks engineering features 11 McGilchrist Street SE Built during extension of associated with early McGilchrist Street to highway improvement connect with 12th Street projects associated with SE sometime after 1957 New Deal programs, and before 1969 Forest Highway programs, or National Park Service facilities. The 1948 industrial reinforced concrete freight warehouse is rectangular in shape, retains original docks and access, and has a platform built-up (originally asbestos) roof. The building retains original recessed Not eligible/ multipane (4 over 2) non-contributing windows with wood 1425 McGilchrist muntins and projecting Recommended not eligible Street SE sills. Portions of the due to a lack of distinctive

building are covered with characteristics of a type, R27984 12 modern-era vertical metal period, or method of

siding. The warehouse construction, in addition

was built by the Walling to a lack of association

Warehouse Company for with a significant event or 073W35CB00300 Consolidated Freightways. pattern of history, or a Later, it was a Northwest significant person of the Textbook Repository past.

warehouse and a U.S. Mail distribution center. The attached utility building was constructed in 1997. Integrity has been diminished due to modifications and additions. TABLE 1, continued

Property Name, Construction Date/ NRHP Status/ Map ID Photograph(s) of Resource Address, Property ID Resource Type Recommendation

The commercial auto repair facility has a concrete block parapet wall dividing a gable-roof structure (1940s) from a flat-roof, 6-bay, one-story auto repair service Not eligible/ building (1963). The non-contributing rectangular buildings have

corrugated metal vertical 2488 Pringle Road SE Recommended not eligible siding. The auto garage due to a lack of distinctive section has one modern R27980 characteristics of a type, metal sash window. The 13 period, or method of gable-roof section has construction, in addition been modified with roll-up to a lack of association garage doors and modern 073W35CB00800 with a significant event or windows and entry doors. pattern of history, or a The gable-roof building significant person of the was constructed as an oil past. warehouse for The Texas Company. The extensive modifications to the exterior cladding and fenestration have diminished the integrity of the building complex. TABLE 1, continued

Property Name, Construction Date/ NRHP Status/ Map ID Photograph(s) of Resource Address, Property ID Resource Type Recommendation The one-story 1969 office building and associated warehouse (1975) currently house the Cascade Interiors business. The 1969 Not eligible/ building has modern non-contributing T-111 plywood exterior

2245 McGilchrist siding, modern picture Recommended not eligible Street SE windows, and modern due to a lack of distinctive door on the facade, and a characteristics of a type, R80430 low-pitched gable roof with 14 period, or method of wood fascia boards at the construction, in addition eaves. A carport extension to a lack of association and modern windows are with a significant event or 073W35DB03400 on the east elevation. The pattern of history, or a warehouse is modern pole significant person of the construction with vertical past. standing-seam metal siding and roll-up garage door. The integrity of the office building has been diminished by extensive exterior modification. The one-story 1967 commercial auto repair shop is composed of two sections. The south Not eligible/ section is rectangular in non-contributing shape, has standing-seam

metal siding, aluminum 1895 Ford Street SE Recommended not eligible windows, two roll-up due to a lack of distinctive garage doors on the east R80426 characteristics of a type, elevation, and an almost 15 period, or method of flat roof. The north construction, in addition section is rectangular in to a lack of association shape, has vertical metal 073W35DB03300 with a significant event or siding, six roll-up doors on pattern of history, or a the east elevation, and a significant person of the slightly pitched gable roof. past. The buildings retain integrity although the shop is no longer used for auto repair. TABLE 1, continued

Property Name, Construction Date/ NRHP Status/ Map ID Photograph(s) of Resource Address, Property ID Resource Type Recommendation The 1970 rectangular commercial/retail auto service building is composed of two sections. The brick retail section has a metal mansard roof. Not eligible/ The warehouse section is non-contributing concrete brick and has five 2305 McGilchrist roll-up garage doors Recommended not eligible Street SE divided by pilasters. The due to a lack of distinctive

recessed entry doors and characteristics of a type, R80422 16 the façade windows are period, or method of

aluminum sashes. construction, in addition

Commercial storefronts to a lack of association

were often updated with with a significant event or 073W35DA01600 the mansard appearance pattern of history, or a in the 1970s. The significant person of the concrete block section of past.

the building may date to the 1950s or 1960s. The building’s integrity has been diminished with the brick retail section.

Project Location

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Figure 1. The McGilchrist Street SE Corridor Improvements project APE location in Salem, Oregon. N

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Figure 2. Map showing the locations of the 16 historic resources that were identified for the McGilchrist Street SE Corridor Improvements project, Salem. Of the 16 identified resources, two, the Union Pacific Railroad (Map ID 8) and the Blanchard & Lamen Building (Map ID 1) are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). N

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Figure 3. The 1852 General Land Office map of the project area that shows the locations of the James Davidson and Fabritus R. Smith homesteads, which are the earliest known signs of development within the APE (Bureau of Land Management 1852). N

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Figure 4. The 1861 General Land Office map of the project area that reveals growth around the APE, and the historic Davidson, Parrott, and Waller Donation Land Claims in which the project area is situated (Bureau of Land Managemnt 1861). N

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Figure 5. The 1957 topographic map for Salem, Oregon displays the alignment of McGilchrist Street SE at that time, and shows the likelihood that the two culverts (Map ID 5 and 6) were constructed circa 1950 (U.S. Geological Survey 1957). Both circa 1950 culverts are recommended to be not eligible for listing in the NRHP. N

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Figure 6. The 1969 topographic map for Salem, Oregon reveals that McGilchrist Street SE has been constructed to its full alignment as it was observed during the historic resource survey . This construction of McGilchrist Street SE likely resulted in the erection of two additional circa 1960 culverts (Map ID 10 and 11) that were recorded for the project. Both circa 1960 culverts are recommended to be not eligible for listing in the NRHP. The above map further reveals that little commercial or industrial development ocurred in or near the project APE during the historic-period, aside from the development of a gravel pit and the realignment of Pringle Creek (U.S. Geological Survey 1969).

Photo 1. An overview of the eastern end of McGilchrist Street SE, which will be widened by the addition of a third lane for its full extent, among other improvements. The view is towards the west.

Photo 2. An overview of McGilchrist Street SE within the project APE at its intersection with 22nd Street SE. The northern portion of the 1950s Steel Warehouse Facility Complex (Map ID 3) is at left. The view is towards the west-northwest.

Photo 3. An overview of Pringle Road SE near its intersection with McGilchrist Street SE and within the project APE. The road is flanked on either side with buildings constructed during the modern era. The view is towards the south.

Photo 4. An overview of the western portion of the project APE where the Southern Pacific Railroad alignment crosses McGilchrist Street SE (Map ID 8). The view is towards the east.