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LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address: historic name:Redmond Downtown Historic District
Redmond, Deschutes County current/other names:
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr:[District] twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:district height (stories): total elig resources:30 total inelig resources:12
elig evaluation: eligible/significant NR Status: Individually Listed
prim constr date:c. second date: date indiv listed:10/30/2017
primary orig use: COMMERCIAL: General orig use comments:
second orig use: Specialty Store
primary style: Commercial (Type) prim style comments:
secondary style: sec style comments:
primary siding: Brick:Other/Undefined siding comments:
secondary siding: Wood:Other/Undefined
plan type: 2-Part Block architect:Roald & Schneider
builder:Chadwick H. Irvin, Fred Landaker, Ben Gotter, Advance Contruction Company, Hart Building Company, Fred Van Matre, Oleson & Erickson Contractors
comments/notes:
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In: Type of Grouping Date Listed Date Compiled
   Redmond Downtown Historic District Listed Historic District 2017
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed: 10/30/2017
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date:
106 Project(s): None
Special Assess Project(s): None
Federal Tax Project(s): None
ARCHITECTURAL / PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
(Includes expanded description of the building/property, setting, significant landscape features, outbuildings and alterations)
The Redmond Downtown Historic District is located within the boundaries of the City of Redmond, Deschutes County, Oregon (Figure 1). The approximately seven-acre district is a commercial area parallel to the west of the original railroad alignment of the Oregon Trunk Railroad, which travels along the east edge of downtown. The District boundaries form an irregular polygon generally bounded on the north by SW Cascade Avenue, on the east by SW 5th Street, on the south by SW Forest Avenue, and on the west by the alley between SW 7th and SW 8th streets. The District comprises forty-three (43) properties constructed between 1910 and 1987 consisting of thirty (30) contributing buildings, one (1) building already listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and twelve (12) noncontributing buildings. With only twelve (12) noncontributing resources, over 72 percent of the resources contribute to the significance of the District. The noncontributing buildings are the same scale as the contributing buildings and do not significantly impact the overall visual and functional cohesiveness of the District. Per National Register guidelines for including historically associated landscapes, as well as recent National Park Service guidance regarding boundary justification, the District boundary includes a surface parking lot for its historic setting associations with the adjacent building for which the parking lot was established and which was advertised as a key amenity (338 SW 6th St., Piggly Wiggly). There are two vacant lots in the District, however despite these gaps, the District continues to clearly communicate its historic commercial setting and landscape. As a contiguous grouping of early through mid-to-late twentieth century commercial resources, the Redmond Downtown Historic District retains its historic integrity and continues to communicate important information about its commercial development.
HISTORY
(Chronological, descriptive history of the property from its construction through at least the historic period - preferably to the present)
The Redmond Downtown Historic District comprises the historic business center of the City of Redmond, Deschutes County, Oregon. It is eligible for listing in the National Register for its local significance under Criterion A in the area of Commerce and Criterion C in the area of Architecture. The District includes the contiguous commercial resources that retain architectural integrity and continue to reflect the evolution of Redmond’s economic center from the early twentieth century through the post-World War II period. The District encompasses forty-three (43) properties constructed between circa 1910 and circa 1987 including thirty (30) contributing buildings, one (1) building already listed in the National Register, and twelve (12) noncontributing buildings. The District is locally significant in the area of Commerce for its associations with the growth of Redmond as a railroad market center and regional economic anchor. The physical and architectural development of the downtown commercial center reflects the importance of the early irrigation infrastructure, the railroad, and the Dalles-California Highway in the community’s commercial history. The District’s resources communicate historic trends in downtown development, physically representing the spectrum of building technology, design, stylistic features, form, and function that define the history of Redmond.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Title Records Census Records Property Tax Records Local Histories
Sanborn Maps Biographical Sources SHPO Files Interviews
Obituaries Newspapers State Archives Historic Photographs
City Directories Building Permits State Library
Local Library: University Library:
Historical Society:Oregon Historical Society, Deschutes County Other Respository:
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