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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27L4_the-whiteside-theatre_Corvallis-OR.html
The Whiteside Theatre opened on November 9, 1922. That evening, the audience enjoyed the silent picture "The Old Homestead," accompanied by Lilian McElroy on a $20,000 two manual, double touch Wurlitzer organ. That organ was the largest,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27K9_elementary-schools_Corvallis-OR.html
The Episcopal Diocese of Oregon established the first school in the Central Park area. Dr. William Graham, a local physician, donated four lots on the block bounded by Madison, Monroe, Seventh, and Eighth Streets. He stipulated that the building h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27K6_the-corvallis-arts-center_Corvallis-OR.html
The Corvallis Arts Center building began its life as an Episcopal church, constructed in in 1889 just a block south of here. It was one of the products of the influential English emigrants who arrived in Benton County in the late 1800s under the l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27JX_madison-avenue_Corvallis-OR.html
In 1973, Dr. Robert MacVicar, president of Oregon State University, and Gene Hansen, president of the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce, discusses the need to develop a stronger connection between the university and downtown, especially for pedestrian…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27JS_site-of-corvallis-public-schools_Corvallis-OR.html
Central ElementaryCorvallis Jr. HighCorvallis High School
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27I7_first-congregational-church_Corvallis-OR.html
The First Congregational Church was built here in 1917 to serve a congregation that had outgrown its original 1889 building at Third and Jefferson streets. Designed by architect Roy Dobell, a former instructor at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27HU_home-of-fred-j-porter_Corvallis-OR.html
Fred J. Porter was the great-grandson of Benton County pioneer, Johnson Mulkey.
In the winter of 1845, Mulkey filed a land claim for 640 acres along Oak Creek, on the north side of Baldy Mountain. This was only a few months after Joseph Conant …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM279W_avery-park-applegate-trail-kiosk_Corvallis-OR.html
(Seven panels dealing with topics related to the Applegate Trail are found at this kiosk.)
Applegate Trail
Southern Route to Oregon
In 1846, Jesse Applegate and fourteen others from near Dallas, Oregon, established a trail south from the Wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM277E_the-applegate-trail_Monroe-OR.html
(Two interpretive displays are located here next to the South Benton Community Museum):
(First Display)
In 1846, Jesse Applegate and fourteen others from near Dallas, Oregon, established a trail south from the Willamette Valley and east to F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM277C_kings-valley-millstone_Corvallis-OR.html
This is one of the first mill stones or burns to be used in this section of Oregon. This was originally quarried in France and shipped around the horn from New York in 1850 by sailing vessel. In 1852, was transported by oxen team from Portland to …