Central Area in Salem in Marion County, Oregon — The American West (Northwest)
Meyers Building
1906
| | Salem Downtown State Street Commercial Historic District | |
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, October 14, 2025
1. Meyers Building Marker
National Register of Historic Places
by National Park Service
in partnership with the
Oregon State Historic Preservation Office.
Preservation of this historic property is supported by the
Oregon Special Assessment Program.
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 1906.
Location. 44° 56.458′ N, 123° 2.235′ W. Marker is in Salem, Oregon, in Marion County. It is in the Central Area. It is on High Street Northeast, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 195 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,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: T.G. Bligh Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Grand Theater & Odd Fellows Lodge (within shouting distance of this marker); Arthur Moore Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Public Amusement in Salem (within shouting distance of this marker); Salems Theatrical History (within shouting distance of this marker); The Grand Hotel (within shouting distance of this marker); Hughes-Durbin Building (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Reed Opera House (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Salem.
Additional commentary.
1. Contributing Building
The Meyers Building is not individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places but is a contributing building as part of the Salem Downtown State Street-Commercial Street Historic District. The following verbiage is taken from the NRHP Registration Form from 2001:
History and Significance: The Joseph Meyers Building was constructed in the early 1900s and is a two-story building
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, October 14, 2025
2. Meyers Building Marker
The marker is located at the east end of the building, as seen in the photo.
Joseph Meyers bought this property in late 1897 when the sizeable building once used as the old Marion County Courthouse and two smaller buildings sat on this lot. Meyers probably constructed the present two-story brick commercial buildings around 1906. Meyers came to the United States from Nova Scotia, Canada, when he was a boy. He first journeyed to California during the 1850s before he brought his family to Salem in 1880. He bought the White Corner general merchandise store at the southeast corner of Commercial and Court streets (Breyman Brothers Block). Two sons of Joseph and Ellen E. Harwey Meyers, Henry W. and Milton Meyers, purchased Joseph Meyerss mercantile store in 1906. Meyers's store operated for fourteen years before the Miller Mercantile Company bought it in 1920.
— Submitted October 26, 2025, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2025, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 47 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 26, 2025, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
