Mission Mill Museum
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Thomas Kay Woolen Mill
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Thomas Kay Woolen Mill from the rear, showing the dye house
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| Location: | Salem, Oregon |
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| Coordinates: | 44°56′6″N 123°1′37″W / 44.935°N 123.02694°WCoordinates: 44°56′6″N 123°1′37″W / 44.935°N 123.02694°W |
| Built: | 1889 |
| Architect: | Walter D. Pugh |
| Governing body: | Mission Mill Museum Association |
| NRHP Reference#: | 73001579 |
| Added to NRHP: | May 8, 1973 |
Mission Mill Museum is a historic museum located in Salem, Oregon, United States. It features working displays of a woolen mill—the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill—and several historic Salem buildings that have been relocated to the mill site.
[edit] Mill history
The original Kay Woolen Mill was opened in 1890, by Thomas L. Kay, whose family eventually founded Pendleton Woolen Mills.[1] The workforce of 50 labored 60-hour weeks. In 1895, a fire destroyed much of the mill and outbuildings. Kay died in 1900 and his son Thomas B. Kay took over as president and served until his own death in 1931.[1]
By 1898 the mill had been rebuilt. Two additional stories were added in 1941.
[edit] Museum
The museum includes a water power interpretive exhibit by Portland General Electric. The exhibit demonstrates how the mill was run using the water from Mill Creek.
[edit] Structures on the National Register of Historic Places
- Jason Lee House (1841) - a home of Jason Lee which, with the Parsonage, are the earliest known frame buildings in Salem, and perhaps the oldest remaining in the state
- Methodist Mission Parsonage (1841)
- John D. Boon House (1847)
- Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church (1858)
- Thomas Kay Woolen Mill (1889)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Thomas Kay. Salem Online History. Salem Public Library. Retrieved on July 24, 2009.
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