Mission Mill Museum
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| Thomas Kay Woolen Mill | |
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| (U.S. National Register of Historic Places) | |
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| Location: | Salem, Oregon |
| Built/Founded: | 1898 |
| Added to NRHP: | 1973 |
| Governing body: | Mission Mill Museum Association |
Mission Mill Museum is a historic museum located in Salem, Oregon, United States. It features working displays of a woolen mill, the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, and several historic Salem buildings that have been relocated to the mill site.
[edit] Mill history
The original Kay Woolen Mill was opened in 1890, by Thomas L. Kay, whose family eventually founded Pendleton Woolen Mills. The workforce of 50 labored 60-hour weeks. In 1895, a fire destroyed much of the mill and outbuildings.
By 1898 the mill had been rebuilt. Two additional stories were added in 1941.
[edit] Museum
The museum includes a water power interpretive exhibit by Portland General Electric. The exhibit demonstrates how the mill was run using the water from Mill Creek.
[edit] Structures on the National Register of Historic Places
- Jason Lee House (1841) - with the Parsonage, the earliest known frame buildings in Salem, and perhaps the oldest remaining in the state
- Methodist Mission Parsonage (1841)
- John D. Boon House (1847)
- Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church (1858)
- Thomas Kay Woolen Mill (1898)
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