Historic Downtown Salem #72: Central Stage Terminal & Hotel

181 High Street NE

Central Stage Terminal & Hotel on September 4, 2006

The three-story Mediterranean style Central Stage Terminal and Hotel was designed by Morris H. Whitehouse and was built 1921 as a bus depot and hotel addition to the Odd Fellows Hall next door. The first floor originally had an entrance for a restaurant on the south, a hotel and bus depot entrance in the center, and a store entrance on the north. The hotel rooms were on the second floor and the third floor was used by the Odd Fellows as a billiards room and library.

The Central Stage Terminal and Hotel Company was incorporated on September 10, 1921 by J. E. Lewis, L. R. Applegate, and John H. Carson. By 1925, W. W. Chadwick was president of the company and Richard Shepard of Eugene was secretary/treasurer. The company leased the facility for $650, and subleased the space to auxiliary businesses, including a barber shop, a coffee shop, and a cigar ship. In 1928, Chadwick moved the business across the street to the Senator Hotel building at the corner of High and Court, and from then on the Chemeketa Lodge used the hotel. Frank H. Strubble made revisions to this building and the Odd Fellows Hall to the north in 1935-1937 and again in 1951, and James L. Payne made more revisions in 1952.

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