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 Old First National Bank Building - Salem, Oregon Posted by:  ddtfamily
N 44° 56.394 W 123° 02.349
10T E 496911 N 4976274
Old First National Bank Building, also known as Capitol Tower, in Salem, Oregon
Waymark Code: WMFD3H
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2012
Views: 2
"The First National Bank Building, located in Salem, Marion County, Oregon, is an eleven-story-plus-basement, reinforced concrete structure planned as early as 1923, built in 1926, and opened the following year. It was constructed by T.A. Livesley, a prosperous hops farmer and Mayor of Salem at the time of construction, and was designed by the Portland architect L. L. Dougan in the Romanesque style." "Over ten thousand tons of structural steel and 270,000 tons of high carbon reinforcing steel were used in the construction."
"The First National Bank Building is locally significant...as the unsurpassed example of reinforced concrete skyscraper design and construction in the state capital. No commercial building in Salem is taller to the present day." -National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, 1986.
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Street address:
388 State Street
Salem, OR USA
97301
County / Borough / Parish: Marion
Year listed: 1986
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1925-1949
Historic function: Commerce/Trade
Current function: Commerce/Trade
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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