Oregon Heritage awarded 20 grants totaling 300-thousand dollars statewide. The City of Salem will use its funding to create an inventory and management plan identifying and protecting cultural landscapes.
The Thomas Kay Woolen Mill at the Willamette Heritage Center also received funding for preservation work.
The remaining grants will support historic properties, archaeological research and façade restoration projects in communities across Oregon.
Two Salem projects are among 20 historic preservation and archaeology projects receiving a combined $300,000 in grants from Oregon Heritage, a division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.
The City of Salem received funding to develop a comprehensive inventory and management plan for cultural resources. The project will focus on identifying and protecting cultural landscapes within the city.
The Thomas Kay Woolen Mill at the Willamette Heritage Center in Salem also received a grant to support preservation work at the historic property.
The mill, which dates to the late 1800s, is one of the most recognizable historic structures in Salem and is part of the Willamette Heritage Center campus.
Seven of the statewide grants were awarded through the Diamonds in the Rough program, which funds façade improvements designed to restore the historic appearance of commercial and public buildings.
Those projects include façade restoration work in Hood River, Portland, Stayton, Madras, Oregon City and Weston.
The remaining 13 grants were awarded through the Preserving Oregon program. Those grants support archaeological projects and preservation work at properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In addition to the two Salem projects, funded properties include:
- Historic Town Hall in Talent
- Train Depot in Grand Ronde
- Santiam Pass Ski Lodge in Linn County
- Egbert Home at Philip Foster Farm in Clackamas County
- First Bank Building in Vale
- Administrative Lodge at the Maxville Townsite in Wallowa County
- Celia’s House in Medford
- Dr. Brentano House in St. Paul
- Petersen Rock Garden Museum Building in Deschutes County
- Barn and storage buildings in Springfield
- EM&M Building in Enterprise
The grants were approved by the State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation. The nine-member committee reviews nominations to the National Register of Historic Places and includes professionals in history, architecture, archaeology and related fields.
More information about Oregon Heritage grant programs is available through Oregon Heritage.
