Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Historic Downtown Salem #46: Hughes-Durbin Building

160 Liberty Street NE

IMG_3215 Hughes-Durbin Building in Salem, Oregon on September 4, 2006
Hughes-Durbin Building on September 4, 2006

The Hughes-Durbin Building was originally built as a two-story brick building in 1916, nearly ten years after J. F. Hughes and Frank W. Durbin purchased the lot. Following construction, Lulu Bush acquired a part interest in the building as well. In the 1920s this building became the home of Salem’s J. C. Penney story and remained so for the next several decades.

IMG_5112 Hughes-Durbin Building in Salem, Oregon on January 27, 2007
Hughes-Durbin Building on January 27, 2007

The building was renovated around 1945 into a three-story Modern-style building with a stucco facade. More recently it was the home of a retail variety store called the Metropolitan, and the building is now better known as the Metropolitan Building.

IMG_5113 Hughes-Durbin Building in Salem, Oregon on January 27, 2007
Hughes-Durbin Building on January 27, 2007

After being vacant since 1999, a recent renovation completed in 2008 added a large structure on the roof, bringing the building to a total of 40,000 square feet with 14 apartments.

IMG_5111 Hughes-Durbin Building in Salem, Oregon on January 27, 2007
Hughes-Durbin Building on January 27, 2007

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