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Thomas Kay Woolen Mill
Thomas Kay Woolen Mill from the rear, showing the dye house
Location: Salem, Oregon 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.
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.
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.
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)
See also
References
- ^ a b Thomas Kay. Salem Online History. Salem Public Library. Retrieved on July 24, 2009.
External links
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Other lists Categories:- Museums in Salem, Oregon
- Textile museums in the United States
- Historic house museums in Oregon
- Mill museums in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places in Salem, Oregon
- Oregon Registered Historic Place stubs
- United States museum stubs
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