Boon Brick Store

Boon Brick Store
The building's exterior in 2009
Location 888 Liberty St NE, Salem, Oregon
Coordinates 44°56′53″N 123°02′00″W / 44.948148°N 123.033314°W / 44.948148; -123.033314Coordinates: 44°56′53″N 123°02′00″W / 44.948148°N 123.033314°W / 44.948148; -123.033314
Area 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built 1860
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP reference # 75001590[1]
Added to NRHP November 20, 1975

The Boon Brick Store is a historic building in Salem, Oregon, United States. It was built as a general store by John D. Boon who became the first Oregon State Treasurer. It also once served as Oregon's first State Treasury.[2] It is now a brewpub owned by the McMenamins chain known as Boon's Treasury.[3] Before being bought by McMenamins, it was known as Karr's Tavern.[4]

The two-story Italianate-style brick structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. John D. Boon House at Mission Mill Museum was formerly located next to the store.[2]

A local legend states that as a teenager, President Herbert Hoover carved his initials into the outside of the building during his three-year stay with relatives in Salem.[5] At the time the building was Lincoln Wade's grocery store.[5]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Exhibits". Mission Mill Museum. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  3. ↑ "Boon's Treasury History". McMenamins. Archived from the original on 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  4. ↑ "Boon Brick Store". Oregon Historic Sites Database: Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  5. 1 2 "Salem's Famous Visitors". Salem Public Library. Retrieved 2009-12-28.

William Lincoln Wade owned the store, not Lincoln Wade.

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