1913 - Heryford Building - Lakeview, OR
N 42° 11.375 W 120° 20.737
10T E 719184 N 4674236
This building from 1913 is located in downtown Lakeview, OR.
Waymark Code: WMGGXH
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/05/2013
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Visitors to downtown Lakeview might notice this prominent three-story brick building, known as the Heryford Building. There is a historical marker located at the SW corner entrance that reads:
HERYFORD
BUILDING
CONSTRUCTED IN 1913 BY W.P. AND
J.D. HERYFORD, PIONEER CATTLEMEN,
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE BEING TO
PROVIDE SPACE FOR THE EARLY ELKS
CLUB AND OFFICE SPACE TO
ATTRACT GOOD DOCTORS AND
BUSINESS PEOPLE. THE GROUND
FLOOR AND BASEMENT WAS
OCCUPIED BY A DEPARTMENT
STORE AND EARLY DRUG STORE.
tHE SECOND STORY WAS
PRIMARILY ELKS CLUB AND
OFFICESPACE, WHILE THE THIRD
STORY CONTAINED APARTMENTS.
lATER SOLD TO THE ELKS
CLUB AND THENCE INTO PRIVATE
INTERESTS.
PLAQUE COURTESY OF LAKE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
-1989- |
There is a very good writeup on this building's history on Wikipedia.com here. I also discovered after doing some online research that this building formally had the title of 'BPOE BUILDING - 1913' when it was the Elks Lodge club location before it moved. There is a picture from the U of O Digital Collection here. This building was registered as a National Historic Place in 1980.
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