The Dalles

The Dalles Carnegie Library is a historic building located at the corner of Fourth and Washington streets in The Dalles, Oregon, United States. It is... one of the 2,509 libraries whose construction was funded by Andrew Carnegie. The construction grant of $10,000 was approved March 10, 1907, and it was dedicated as The Carnegie Library of The Dalles in September 1910. The building was used as the local public library until September, 1966. In 1967 the building was leased by The Dalles Art Club from the city and converted into an art center. In July 1997, the city deeded the building to the organization operating the center, which by then had been incorporated as The Dalles Art Association. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The building is approximately 52 х 38 feet, with a 10 foot front foyer. It is neoclassical in style, and is constructed of brick with concrete foundation walls and window sills. There is a hip roof with built-in gutter and decorative corbels under the eaves. Three chimneys are present on the east, south and west walls, although only the south one is still utilized, as the original fireplaces are no longer functional.
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Old Saint Peter's Landmark, commonly referred to simply as Old St. Peter's, is a historic building located at the corner of 3rd and Lincoln Streets... in downtown The Dalles, Oregon. It was built in 1897 and dedicated on March 17, 1898 as St. Peter's Church, and served the local Roman Catholic congregation as its place of worship until 1968. It was saved from scheduled demolition in 1971 by a group of concerned citizens who formed Old St. Peter's Landmark, Inc., for that specific purpose, and which maintains the building as a museum and site for weddings, concerts and other cultural events. The building is an example of Gothic Revival architecture, and was constructed of red brick with a roof of galvanized iron Spanish tile. 120 feet long and 40 feet wide, the church boasts a spire which reaches 176 feet at its peak, topped by a six-foot rooster weathervane, a symbol of the Saint Peter.One parishioner stated her father, a blacksmith across the street from church at the time, made the rooster weathervane.
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Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern boundaries, respectively. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers, and settlers who formed an autonomous... government in Oregon Country in 1843. The Oregon Territory was created in 1848, and Oregon became the 33rd state on February 14, 1859. Oregon is the 9th most extensive and the 27th most populous of the 50 United States. Salem is the state's capital and third-most-populous city; Portland is the most populous. Portland is the 29th-largest U.S. city, with a population of 583,776 and a metro population of 2,241,841 , the 23rd-largest U.S. metro area. The valley of the Willamette River in western Oregon is the state's most densely populated area and is home to eight of the ten most populous cities.
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