10722 SE Main Street
Milwaukie City Hall on September 27, 2008
Milwaukie didn't have a City Hall building until this one was built on the site of the first school in Milwaukie and dedicated in July, 1938.
Milwaukie City Hall on September 27, 2008
It was designed by Joseph H. Anderson in the Half Modern style and was constructed as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project.
Milwaukie City Hall on September 27, 2008
City Hall originally housed the police and fire departments, the municipal court, and the public library.
Milwaukie City Hall on September 27, 2008
In the entry is a marble list of area residents who lost their lived in World War II from the Milwaukie Kiwanis Club.
WWII Memorial at Milwaukie City Hall on September 27, 2008
DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO SERVED
OUR COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR II
IN MEMORY
OWEN R. BAUSERMAN | JACK N. LEVY |
PRESENTED BY
MILWAUKIE KIWANIS CLUB
Memorial Stone at Milwaukie City Hall on September 27, 2008
In front of the Milwaukie City Hall is a Memorial Stone with four plaques on it in honor of Milwaukie's founding pioneers and the city's first council.
Memorial Stone Plaque on September 27, 2008
1847 1947
THIS MARKER IS PLACED IN THIS LOCATION HONORING
HENDERSON LUELLING AND HIS SON, ALFRED, WHO LEFT
IOWA IN THE SPRING OF 1847 WITH A NURSERY STOCK
CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 700 GRAFTED FRUIT
TREES, BERRIES AND SHRUBBERY PLANTED IN AN OPEN
WAGON. THEY ARRIVED IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY
ON NOVEMBER 17, 1847.
ON FEBRUARY 5, 1848 HENDERSON LUELLING SETTLED
ON HIS D.L.C. WHERE HE SET OUT HIS TRAVELING NURSERY
A MILE NORTHWEST OF THIS POINT.
Memorial Stone Plaque on September 27, 2008
HONORING MILWAUKIE'S FOUNDERS
ALFRED LUELLING 1847
SETH LEWELLING 1851
JOSEPH H. LAMBERT 1850
ESTABLISHED THE FIRST FRUIT INDUSTRIES
ON THE PACIFIC COAST
Memorial Stone Plaque on September 27, 2008
HONORING MILWAUKIE'S FOUNDERS
INDUSTRIES
LOT WHITCOMB 1847
JOSEPH KELLOGG 1847
SAW MILL FLOUR MILL BOAT BUILDING
EDUCATION
HECTOR CAMPBELL 1849
FIRST SCHOOL TEACHER
Memorial Stone Plaque on September 27, 2008
IN HONOR OF
MILWAUKIE'S FIRST COUNCIL, 1903
WILLIAM SHINDLER, MAYOR
COUNCIL
OWEN J. ROBERTS, CHM. CASPER KERR
GOTTLIEB KELLER JAMES H. REID
F. H. LECHLER, RECORDER
CHARLES McCANN, TRESURER
JESS A. KECK, MARSHAL
- - -
PRESENTED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF 1953
Milwaukie City Hall on September 27, 2008
Fireman Warren Nott Plaque on September 27, 2008
Next to the overhead doors is a plaque from the Milwaukie Fire Department dated February 5, 1956 in memory of fireman Warren Nott, "who gave his life that others may live."
Milwaukie City Seal at City Hall on September 27, 2008
Embedded in the sidewalk at the corner of SE Main and Harrison adjacent to City Hall is the Milwaukie City Seal.
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