200 High Street NE
Courthouse Square on September 9, 2006
This was originally the site of the Derby Building, which was built around 1915. The Derby Building housed the Senator Hotel, and the ground floor was home to Hewitt's Mens Wear in the 1950s and Equitable Savings & Loan in the 1970s. By the 1990s, Marion County was outgrowing the Marion County Courthouse across Court Street. Courthouse Square was completed in October, 2000. The $34,000,000 LEED-certified building contains 152,000 square feet of space, including offices for Marion County and the Salem Transit District and 10,000 square feet of street level retail space. The rest of the block is filled by the R. G. Andersen-Wyckoff Transit Mall.
Courthouse Square on September 9, 2006
Courthouse Square was closed in July 2010 when it was condemned due to structural defects. It reopened in April 2014 after $23,000,000 in structural repairs to the building and transit mall.
Additional Links:
Courthouse Square at Salem Online History
Historical Photos:
Derby Building, 1915 (Salem Public Library)
Derby Building, post 1957 (Salem Public Library)
Derby Building, May 2, 1973 (Salem Public Library)
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