Boon Brick Store

United States historic place


Boon Brick Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The building's exterior in 2009
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 No.	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 William Lincoln Wade's grocery store.^[5]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Exhibits". Mission Mill Museum. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
^ "Boon's Treasury History". McMenamins. Archived from the original on February 5, 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
^ "Boon Brick Store". Oregon Historic Sites Database: Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Salem's Famous Visitors". Salem Public Library. Retrieved December 28, 2009.

External links

Media related to Boon Brick Store at Wikimedia Commons
Historic images of Boon Brick Store from Salem Public Library
Historic images of Boon Brick Store from the University of Oregon digital archives