Second Simpson Cottage (1868 Court St NE) Salem, Oregon
National Register of Historic Places Data
The Second Simpson Cottage (1868 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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 26AC-73W Tax Lot 55321-000 Owner: Ann I. Shotliff, 1868 Court Street, NE, Salem, OR 97301 Primary Contributing
This is a small, one-story Queen Anne cottage on a high brick foundation. It has a flat-topped, hipped-roofed section joined by a major north-facing front gabled unit. Decorative in-filling with a pendant ornaments the front gable peak, and patterned shingling covers the wall of the gable. A small attached front porch has piers with brackets supporting a flat hipped roof. The front door is topped by a transom window. To the right of the porch is a large stationary window with 24 small panes over a big single pane below. This window is crowned by a prominent cornice. The other windows generally are tall, narrow double-hung sash. Surfacing is dropsiding.
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 Some information may have become outdated since the property was nominated for the Register.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 cottage is one of three built c. 1890 by the Simpson family along the south side of Court Street on their land between 18th Street and Mill Creek (cf. commentary on #58 and #65). Cottages #64 and #65 probably both were built by Charles H. Simpson, the son of David and Julia Ann Simpson. Both cottages remained in the ownership of Charles' widow until 1917.
