First Atwood House (1489 Court St NE) Salem, Oregon
National Register of Historic Places Data
The First Atwood House (1489 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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 Some information may have become outdated since the property was nominated for the Register.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 26BA 7-3W
Tax Lot 86010-160
Owner: Randall G. Smith, 1170 Lewis Street, SE, Salem, OR 97302
Compatible/Historic Non-Contributing In Present Condition Building #14
This is a one-and-one-half-story vernacular Queen Anne style house in an L-plan with a front (south) gable and side-facing east gable.
The original porch was an an angle in the corner of the L, facing toward the corner of Court and 15th Streets, the corner on which the house is situated. The house has been extensively remodelled. The original windows have been removed and replaced, and composition siding covers the original boarding. The silhouette is unchanged and in keeping with the character of the neighboring houses.
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 Some information may have become outdated since the property was nominated for the Register.
Martha J. Atwood, widow of John H., purchased this property (Lot 10, Block 1 of Watts Addition) from O. E. Krausse in 1902. The price of $500 suggests it was a vacant lot. Mrs. Atwood apparently built two houses on the property, in 1902 or soon after, and by 1905 her address was "rear 519 Court" (now 235 15th; cf. commentary on #119). In 1911, she sold the rear house and lot fraction to her daughter, Helen Atwood, and by 1913 was listed in the front house, by then renumbered 1389 Court (now 1489).
She apparently died c. 1924, and her daughter sold the house that year.
