Thomas B. Cooksey House (1725 Court St NE) Salem, Oregon
National Register of Historic Places Data
The Thomas B. Cooksey House (1725 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
Text courtesy of the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Parks Service. Minor transcription errors or changes in formatting may have occurred; please see the Nomination Form PDF for official text. Some information may have become outdated since the property was nominated for the Register.
Assessor's Map 26AC 7-3W
Tax Lot 84400-260
Owner: Mamie A. McJunkin (James Parker, et al), 61053 Spring Crest Drive, Bend, OR 97702
Compatible/Historic Non-Contributing In Present Condition
This is a simple two-story American Foursquare (Craftsman) house with wide eaves and a full-width front porch. It has been covered with aluminum siding and has had its exterior woodwork removed from around the windows.
History
Text courtesy of the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Parks Service. Minor transcription errors or changes in formatting may have occurred; please see the Nomination Form PDF for official text. Some information may have become outdated since the property was nominated for the Register.
This lot was purchased in early 1908 by Salem builder Albert Seiwert who sold it in 1909 to Thomas B. Cooksey, a farmer. Cooksey had the house built, probably by Seiwert, in 1909 for $2500 (Oregon Statesman, Jan. 1, 1910, Section 4) and lived in it until 1918. The house was owned as a rental from 1918 to 1941 by Guy 0. Smith, a Salem lawyer. In about 1937, one set of renters was the family of Oregon's senator and former governor, Mark Hatfield.
Mr. Hatfield 1 s former secretary, Mary Paulson (owner of the Steeves-Paulson House, yM-1), remembers the family living there when Hatfield was about 15 (conversation with Mary Paulson, Apr. 3, 1985).
