Wednesday, June 2, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
MUSEUM: Lease is
running out for
historical society
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there is a recently finished
apartment space upstairs,
though City code does not
allow for a residential use. No
one is occupying the <carriage
house= on the back of the
property and Boxwell made
no improvements to it.
Several months ago,
Boxwell listed the property
for sale for $1.25 million. The
museum was hopeful who-
ever bought it would continue
to allow them to rent the first
floor. Boxwell temporarily
removed the listing but put
it back on the market several
weeks ago for $1.245 million.
Following an inspection last
week, a potential buyer with-
drew their offer.
For now, the historical
society finds itself between a
rock and a hard place. They
can9t afford $3,000 a month
rent for the entire property
and they don9t have $1.245
million to purchase it. They
already have big plans for the
week of the Sisters Outdoor
Quilt Show, complete with
quilts displayed inside and
on the porch plus a big used-
book sale on the lawn on
Saturday, July 10.
They also have plans for
a Founders Day Picnic on
Sunday, July 11, to celebrate
the original platting of the
city in 1901. Guided walking
tours of historic Sisters have
begun again for the summer
as well.
The property on the cor-
ner of East Cascade Avenue
and North Larch Street is
actually two lots. The corner
lot contains the house and is
listed for $995,000. The other
lot is a flag lot consisting of
the lawn area between the
museum and Suttle Tea plus
the entire back area where the
carriage house is located. That
lot would sell for $250,000 if
combined with the other lot.
To split those two lots evenly
from Cascade back to the
alley would require a lot-line
adjustment. If that was done,
the lot line would probably
run right down the middle of
the ADA ramp on the house.
Ideally for the museum,
they would like to have the
entire house and the carriage
house to provide them with
both sufficient display space
as well as onsite storage and
no need to move to a larger
space. According to the City
codes, the carriage house
needs fire walls installed and
needs to be connected to the
bungalow. Whoever pur-
chases the property has some
work to do to meet City codes.
In a perfect world, a gen-
erous benefactor(s) could
become a history angel and
provide a permanent home for
the museum. The Wakefield
property has historical sig-
nificance having been built
in 1929 by a leading Sisters
citizen. It is in a convenient
location right downtown, eas-
ily found by the public, with
on-street parking.
For information about the
museum call 541-904-0585.
For information about
the property contact Tim
Kizziar at Stellar Realty
541-419-5577.
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LETTERS
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House version fully addressed this issue. The Senate didn9t
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Bentz voted against H.R. 1319 (American Rescue Plan)
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families grow and then those children start their own families. I
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successes. I cannot express what a privilege it has been to serve
you.
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