New Courthouse
All But Finished
A Statesman, Salem, Ore. Kbtt Kay 8. 3
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Gleaming marble walls are featured in this frontal exterior photo of the nearly
completed Marion County Courthouse. Crews under Viesko and Post, general
contractors, are putting finishing touches, such as outside front steps and electrical
wiring to the structure. Some offices are already occupied, and the entire building
probably will be occupied later this month. The above photo shows the front or High
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Street side of the building and details the "jail-with-a-view" on the very top. Niche in
wall at lower right is where the veterans memorial sculptured frieze (shown at lower
left on this page) will go.'Unlandscaped grounds are in foreground. (All photos by
John Erickson, Statesman photographer.)
Typical of .office .space .in .the
courthouse basement is this of
fice (shown above) of the coun
ty extension agent Clerk Mrs.
Robert Purdy, 2142 N. Com
mercial St., is shown behind
counter waiting on a customer,
Mrs. James Comstock of Mon
mouth (right). Seated clerk is
Mrs. Fred Bock, 1315 Reedy
Dr. The extension office moved
into its new quarters in Febru
ary. The multiple rows of
flourescent lights, coupled with
the long "picture" windows,
provide a more than adequate
light throughout the building.
The simple, straight lines of
the furniture carry the modern t
theme.
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A maze of wires and control boxes direct the three elevators in the courthouse. SJown Jove is Paul
lx Sheets, Portland, construction mechanic, adjusting controls on the panels. This control room is
on the "penthouse" atop the building.
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Units supplying air to the third-floor courtrooms are shown in this
"penthouse" room (above). W. (Dinty) Moore, mechanic for tho
Johnson Service Co., examines an intake unit. Similar .rooms of
units for servicing the rest of the building are located In other
sections of the courthouse.
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Work yet to be done on the "assembly line" counter on the courthouse main floor is indicated in
the photo above. The long counter will serve the county clerk, recorder, tax and other offices.
Position of these busy offices on the main floor is for convenience of the public which enters build
ing through nearby main entrance.
County Offices Move to
Courthouse This Month
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Many years of planning and two
years of construction will be cli
maxed this month when Marion
County offices will be moved into
the modern white -marbled new
courthouse in Salem.
Some offices have already been
located in the new structure but
the main bulk are expected to
move from present quarters in the
School Administration Building
about mid-month. The offices were
" farmed out" to various locations
when the old courthouse was razed
to make way for the new.
Finishing touches on the five
story structure are underway by
contractors with an unofficial tar
get date of May 15 set for comple
tion. General contractor is the
Viesko and Post company of Sa
lem. Prisoners, now kept in the Salem
city jail and in the Albany County
jail, will be moved to the new
county jail atop the courthouse
about the 15th of the month,
Sheriff Denver Young said Sun
day. For the first time in several
decades. Marion County offices,
except for County welfare, will all
be located in one building. County
school offices, one of the first to
be shifted when the county out-
of the first to move into the shiny
new structure earlier uus year.
The transfer of county offices Fredric Littman, Portland sculptor, this month started cutting from
marble the bas relief figure (shown here) which will fit into the
niche left in the marble wing face of the courthouse (see above).
Shown here is the clay model recently completed by the Hugary-
are separate sections for men, women and juveniles.
District At-
offlces; Doors at
corner leads
to Brown's office.
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from the School Administration
Building will partially empty
mat Building. v ben the school ad
ministration offices move to their
new building at 13th and Ferry
streets later this year, the old
School Administration building
will be torn down'to make way
for a new Meier and Frank Co.
store.
sculptor. From it will be carved the marble relief which is te
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be dedicated as a memorial to veteran and other patriotic or- Typical of the well-appointed but decorous courtrooms in the courthouse is the district courtroom Workmen are shewn here putting the finishing touches te the 2t
ganizatiens. The $15,000, se Ten inch thick 5,000-pouid slab ef shown above. District Judge Val Sloper stands near the long jury box in the courtroom he will soon foot walkway, which leads from the High Street sidewalk te the
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dscaped and planted to lawn. Parkins: lot is at ns.t
sculpturing is expected to be ready for dedication ceremonies occupy. Judge's bench is te the rear. Walnut wall panels, and cork-tOt floors grace the courtrooms, S lT
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buildJn
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