Visited July 21, 2018

We had fun walking around the capitol.

Oregon’s capital has always been in Salem but the current building is not the first capitol. It makes sense with all the trees in Oregon that the capitol would be made out of wood, but as history has proven that is not always a wise move as fires has twice burned down the capitol building. The latest version was finished in the 1938. A more modern building the white marble building will hopefully last longer than it’s predecessors. We didn’t have much time to visit the Oregon State Capitol and it wasn’t open when we went. We did have a chance to walk around the area and found the neighborhood to be very nice. One one side is a little park with whimsical statues dedicated to music and on another side is Willamette college.

The park outside the capitol has some fun whimsical statues.

The Circuit Rider statue is dedicated the pioneer ministers that rode the west and helped settle Oregon.

When we visited the Oregon State Capitol it was under refurbishment.

In 1935 the original state capitol was burned down in 1935, the only thing that remained was the brick columns.

The current capitol was built in 1938.

I don’t know why but I find it funny how many Springfields there are in the USA.

Willamette University was founded by Protestant missionary Jason Lee in 1842.