B.L. and Sarah Steeves House - Court Street-Chemeketa Street Historic District - Salem, Oregon - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

This Dutch Colonial house was built in 1926 for B.L. Steeves and his wife Sarah Steeves. The house was rumored to have cost $30,000 (nearly $400,000 in today's dollars). Mr. Steeves, a Canadian, attended Willamette University, earning a medical degree and practicing medicine in Silverton for several years. The Steeves moved to Idaho, where B.L. practiced medicine for 12 years. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of that state in 1905. Steeves returned to Salem in 1909, establishing a practice specializing in eye, ear, nose and throat. Mrs. Steeves, also a Willamette University graduate, authored a book titled "Book of Remembrance, Marion County Pioneers, 1840-1860". After her husband's death in 1934, Mrs. Steeves sold the house; a subsequent sale in 1943 brought house back into the Steeves family as Mary Steeves, widow of B.L. and Sarah's son Laban Steeves, bought the house and continued to live there with her husband Conrad Paulson as of 1986.

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Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Court Street-Chemeketa Street Historic District Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link] NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): [Web Link] Address: 1694 Court Street NE Salem, Oregon 97301 How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below) Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link]

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