Milwaukie #11: Milwaukie City Hall

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 TALBOT S. BENNETT JACK L. BROWN MICHAEL R. BURKE GORDON L. CARNEY ANTONIO J. GOLARCO WILLIAM P. CONROY LAUREN G. COOK GORDON L. CRITESER JOSEPH P. DERWEY GEORGE DUNIGAN MARK E. ESTES TED B. FISCH GENE H. FOIDEL WILLIAM H. GEIL JR. WILLIAM A. HOGUE JACK C. JAMISON NORMAN W. JENSEN LOUIS B. KEARNS WENDELL F. KENT GEORGE KERR ROBERT P. KRONBERG ROBERT A. LANDSTROM

JACK N. LEVY CHESLA A. LEWIS JOHN R. MALAY THOMAS J. MALOY RALPH L. MOSHER GEORGE T. MURPHY OSCAR R. NEWTON NORMAN M. ROSS ROBERT D. RUSSELL REMUS L. SEELBINDER JAMES E. SHERWOOD ALFRED O. SPOR JOHN STEIN JR. ROBERT STEIN WILLIAM A. STOCHOSKY RANDALL A. TOWNSLEY RICHARD V. UMPHREY CARL J. UNTINEN MARVIN R. WALKER ROBERT L. WHERRY DAVID L. WRIGHT KENNETH WRIGHT

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

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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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