Old Garfield School (Salem, Oregon)

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Old Garfield School
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Old Garfield School
Location528 Cottage Street NE
Salem, Oregon
Coordinates 44°56′36″N123°01′51″W / 44.94345°N 123.03096°W / 44.94345; -123.03096
Built1909
ArchitectFred A. Legg
Architectural style American Renaissance
NRHP reference No. 81000510 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 2, 1981

The Garfield School is a former schoolhouse near downtown Salem, Oregon. It stands on the corner of Marion and Cottage streets. After a mid-70s renovation, it now serves as offices for businesses and the state. It has three floors and an attic which have been converted to meeting spaces. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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History

The Garfield School was named after U.S. President James A. Garfield. [2] The building was designed by local architect Fred A. Legg [3] and was built in 1909. Legg received five percent of the construction costs. This was the first school Legg designed in the region, but he would go on to design more schools for Salem and surrounding cities as far north as Camas, Washington.

The land the school is on was bought by the School Board in 1908 for $4,750. A bond measure was passed for the Garfield School in March 1909, and construction was completed in October 1909.

The building was made with brick, due to concern over the possibility of fire in the old schoolhouse, which was made of wood. [4]

The school closed in 1973, but the building was bought a year later and renovated. [5] The Garfield School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in December 1981. [6]

Use as a school

The building was the first public elementary school in Salem which was built out of brick; at the time of construction, only six other schools existed in Salem, and all of them were made of wood. Two days before the March 1909 bond measure, fire threatened the lives of 550 students at another East Salem school. [7]

The first principal was Margaret J. Cosper. She placed a strong emphasis on discipline and was known for playing martial music on her Victrola Gramophone while students marched out of classes at noon and the end of the day. She also valued European art; she placed photographs of well-known art in the halls and displayed three Italian statues on prominent places around the school. [7]

The original floor plan had four major classrooms (one in each corner of the building) on both floors, with small rooms in between.

The Garfield School closed in 1973. [7]

Renovation and use as office space

Adaptive-use renovation work took place in this building to turn it into office space in 1974, more renovation took place in 1979. This had minimal effect on the inside of the building and instead focused on making the space leasable to offices. To match code, an elevator was added. The playground was turned into a parking lot during the renovation.

There are two notable murals inside the building reflect the history of the school.

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