217 State Street
Reuben P. Boise Building on September 4, 2006.
This building was designed by architect Fred A. Legg and was built in 1913 for Reuben Patrick Boise, a northwest journalist and owner of the Oregon Statesman newspaper, at a cost of $10,000. An interesting feature of this building is a car-size indoor ramp leading from a street level overhead door to the second floor.
Ramp inside the Boise Building on November 30, 2006.
The building's first occupant was the Purvine Pump & Implement Company. Other occupants have included a farm store, a garage and automobile center, a steel warehouse and in electrical contractor. It was placed on the National register of Historic Places on December 2, 1981.
Historical Photos:
Portrait of Judge Rueben Patrick Boise (Salem Public Library)
Boise Building, 1992 (Salem Public Library)
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