Robertson-McLaughlin House (1598 Court St NE) Salem, Oregon
National Register of Historic Places Data
The Robertson-McLaughlin House (1598 Court St NE) has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Court Street--Chemeketa Street Historic District. The following information has been imported from the National Register database and/or the Nomination Form . Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- National Register ID
- 87001373
- Date Listed
- August 26, 1987
- Name
- Court Street--Chemeketa Street Historic District
- Address
- An irregularly shaped area of appr. 38.57 acres bounded by the closures of Court Street & Chemeketa St. on the west, Mill Creek on the north & east, and on the south by the rear lot lines of properties on the south side of Court St.
- City/Town
- Salem
- County
- Marion
- State
- Oregon
- Category
- district
- Level of Sig.
- local
- Areas of Sig.
- EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT; POLITICS/GOVERNMENT; ARCHITECTURE
Description
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Assessor's Map 26BD 7-3W
Tax Lot 55430-000
Owners: Richard and Paula Vial, 1598 Court Street, NE, Salem, OR 97301
Primary Contributing
This one-and-one-half-story, wood frame, clapboarded Vernacular house features a delicately scaled temple front porch with an open pediment and exposed rafters. In the main roof gable above, rafters extend to the outer edge of the overhanging roof. A cornice and corner boards frame the front of the house and contribute to the overall effect of carpentered, vernacular clarity. An oriel window on the east side marks the location of the dining room, and an oriel enclosing a stairwell landing is seen on the west side. The back third of the house was added later and probably originally included a sleeping porch, now enclosed on the east side.
History
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The exact building date and the name of the original owners are unknown, but the house stands on land once owned by C. C. Stratton and bought, at auction, by Asahel Bush in 1895. He sold the property in 1905. Frederick and Helene Lafky purchased the property in 1910. The earliest known occupants were Oliver and Bertha Peoples, who rented the house before buying it in 1918.
It was sold the same year to J. N. and Mariah Robertson, who lived there with their daughter, Grace. The Robertsons rented a small apartment upstairs to Russell McLaughlin. After the death of her parents, Grace Robertson married McLaughlin in the 1940's. Grace McLaughlin lived on in the house until her death in 1982, the house having remained in the Robertson/McLaughlin family for 64 years.
