[Hist_Pres] McKenzie Highway listed in the National Register of Historic Places

[Christina Robertson-Gardiner]

I’d like to talk to you sometime soon to discuss designated roads,
Hi Ian,
One of the neighbors in Canemah wants to push to protect the Canemah cemetery road and anything that remains on the alternate wagon route down from Canemah bluffs. I told him I did not have a big background on roads and other linear structures and I would get back to him. Let me know when you are free.
The only way I see it would be through NR listing. Some of it on Metro property/some on private,
Thanks,
Christina
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Christina Robertson-Gardiner, AICP
City of Oregon City
Associate Planner
221 Molalla Ave, Suite 200
PO Box 3040
Oregon City Or  97045
503.496.1564 City phone
503.722.3880
crobertson at orcity.org

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From: hist_pres-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:hist_pres-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Ian Johnson
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 9:22 AM
To: hist_pres at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
Subject: [Hist_Pres] McKenzie Highway listed in the National Register of Historic Places

Oregon Preservation Partners,

The Oregon State Historic Preservation Office is pleased to announce the recent listing of the McKenzie Highway Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places.

The McKenzie Highway, designated as State Highway 242, runs across the Cascade Range from Lane to Deschutes County and is Oregon’s latest entry in the National Register of Historic Places.

The road that would become the McKenzie Highway was first constructed in 1862 as a wagon route across the middle Cascade Mountains to link the Willamette Valley with the Bend area. Recognizing the importance of the route, the Oregon Highway Commission indentified the road as one of five included in the first highway plan in 1914 and subsequently improved the route in 1917. Increasing traffic lead to the construction of a modern highway starting in 1921 and which was finished in 1924. Built by the Forest Service and the US Bureau of Public Roads in Oregon, the McKenzie Highway was specifically designed to encourage tourism by offering motorists sweeping views of forests and mountain and volcanic vistas from McKenzie Pass as they travelled through National Forest lands. Upon completion, the highway carried a large amount of local traffic, as well as tourists from all over the United States, and was known for its scenery and recreational opportunities such as hunting and fishing, hot-spring resorts, hotels, and campgrounds. Seeking to further encourage tourism, the Civilian Conservation Corps constructed the Dee Wright Observatory at the pass in 1935. Constructed of volcanic rock, the building offers visitors breath-taking views of the surrounding mountains and volcanic lava flows.

Oregon’s State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation recommended the highway’s nomination in December 2009. Almost 2,000 historic Oregon properties are now listed in the National Register, which is maintained by the National Park Service under the authority of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.

More information about the National Register and recent Oregon listings is online at www.oregonheritage.org<http://www.oregonheritage.org/> (click on “National Register” at left of page).
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Ian P. Johnson, Historian
Oregon SHPO
725 Summer Street NE, Suite C
Salem, Oregon  97301
Ph: (503) 986-0678
Fax: (503) 986-0793

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