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Sheridan, OR · Arts & Culture
Statesman Journal
The tragic end of Salem's most famous hotel
The Marion Hotel was built in 1870 at the southeast corner of Commercial and Ferry streets in downtown Salem and hailed as the largest and finest hotel north of San Francisco. It soon became the center of social, cultural and political activities, perhaps best known as the unofficial second capitol. More deals were reportedly struck and laws shaped in its back rooms and basement lounge than in the official chambers of state government. The hotel’s storied history ended in tragedy 55 years ago, when a pre-dawn fire Nov. 12, 1971, destroyed the four-story brick building and left the grand old showplace a smoking heap of blackened brick and twisted metal. By then, the hotel complex had grown to cover the entire block, and local firefighters considered the 101-year-old portion a firetrap. “We knew it was going to happen someday — it was just predicting the exact time,” the Salem fire chief told a Capital Journal reporter. “It was the kind of thing firemen took bets on.” Marion Hotel had high-end amenities such as speaking tubes Salem’s most famous hotel opened as The Chemeketa House on the day after Christmas in 1870. The glitzy opening-night dinner featured a speech by then-Gov.
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This Oregon Car Museum Hides Vintage Vehicles Most Road-Trippers Drive Right Past
Thousands of drivers zip along Interstate 5 near Salem every day without knowing what sits just off the exit. Behind a quiet country driveway, rows of shiny old cars, classic motorcycles, and even a one-of-a-kind pipe organ wait for anyone curious enough to turn off the highway. Volunteers keep the...
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This Oregon Movie Theater Still Charges Prices That Feel Like The 1980s
Wednesday movie tickets here cost about what a fancy coffee runs at the chain place down the road. I noticed that even the regular adult price undercuts many matinee tickets at bigger theaters nearby. The building opened in 1950 with 800 seats and air conditioning from day one. It still...