130 Mission Mill Museum Historic Center, Salem, OR
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member TheBeanTeam
N 44° 56.065 W 123° 01.588
10T E 497911 N 4975665
Mission Mill Museum is one of 9 UMC locations listed in Oregon.
Waymark Code: WM4AEB
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member sfwife
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From the Web Site: Mission Mill Museum

Mission Mill Museum "also interprets the history of Jason Lee's Methodist Mission to Oregon which settled in the Willamette Valley in 1834 before the major Oregon Trail migrations. The missionaries brought formal education, industry and large scale agriculture and advocated for U.S. government in the Oregon country."

"Mission Mill Museum preserves Mission houses, an Oregon Trail settler's house, a historic church and the structures, equipment, and original water-powered turbine of the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill with related artifacts."

The locations of most interest to this category are likely two structures that were moved to their present locations in the 1960-70's.

See the Historic Homes section for the following excerpt and additional history: Mission Mill Museum Exhibits

"The Lee House and Parsonage are said to be the oldest remaining frame houses in the Pacific Northwest. Both were built as part of a Methodist mission to area American Indians. The Lee House is said to have housed planning for the Provisional Government and the actions of the first judiciary, first post office, and second store. The Parsonage may have served as the Indian Manual Training School while the school was being built. The school eventually became the Oregon Institute and later Willamette University."

Jason Lee House 1841
(oldest frame house in the Pacific Northwest)

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Methodist Parsonage 1841

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This location is also designated as an American Treasure by the National Park Service.

Type of marker: Numbered

UMC Historic Site #: 130

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