Central Area in Salem in Marion County, Oregon — The American West (Northwest)

The Grand Hotel

1921

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, October 14, 2025

1. The Grand Hotel Marker

Inscription.
This property has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior

Erected by United States Department of the Interior.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1921.

Location. 44° 56.417′ N, 123° 2.225′ W. Marker is in Salem, Oregon, in Marion County. It is in the Central Area. It is on High Street Northeast, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 183B High Street NE, Salem OR 97301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Oregon Wine Country

and in the Willamette Valley.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast,

in the Pacific Northwest,

and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

in the Cascade Range,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Grand Theater & Odd Fellows Lodge (within shouting distance of this marker); Salem’s Theatrical History (within shouting distance of this marker); T.G. Bligh Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Meyers Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Salem’s Chinatown (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); McGilchrist Building (about 300 feet away); Hughes-Durbin Building (about 400 feet away); Arthur Moore Building (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Salem.

Also see . . . National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (1988). The Grand Hotel is included with the Odd Fellows/Grand Theater building in the NRHP Registration Form as a separate contributing building. The building is also known as the 'Central Stage Terminal Building and Hotel Annex.' It is owned by the Odd Fellows. The history and Statement of Significance for the Grand Hotel:

The Central Stage Terminal Buildincf and Hotel Annex to the south is 40' x 110' on half of lot 2, built in 1921. Its Mediterranean style east facade with
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, October 14, 2025

2. The Grand Hotel Marker
rounded arch windows on the second floor is compatible with

the Opera House to the north. Of reinforced concrete and steel construction, it stands 46' high, with three stories on the front. The stores at street level were redesigned when the bus depot and the hotel lobby were abandoned, but it still reflects the original division into three. There is a deep tiled entrance across the front.

The Central Stage Terminal and Hotel Annex was designed by noted Portland architect Morris H. Whitehouse and is a locally distinctive example of commercial architecture in the style. The adjoining facade of the Temple and Hotel are compatible in formal organization, surface finish and by dint of the arcuated fenestration common to either design tradiation.

The Central Stage Terminal and Hotel, built in 1921, was the major annex to the Opera House. Plans are dated September 24, 1921, and the Central State Terminal & Hotel Company was incorporated September 10, 1921 by J.E. Lewis, L.R. Applegate and John H. Carson. By March 1922, the telephone was installed, and the Terminal and Hotel may have been open for business. By June 29, 1925, W.W.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, October 14, 2025

3. The Grand Hotel
The Grand Hotel building is adjoined to the historic Odd Fellows and Grand Theater building.
Chadwick was President and Richard Shepard of Eugene was Secretary and Treasurer of the Company. Chadwick moved the business across the street to the northwest corner of High and Court, and from then on Chemeketa Lodge had problems with the Hotel which remained the principle business upon which service industries depended.

(Submitted on October 26, 2025, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon.)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2025, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 49 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 26, 2025, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.