COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • NOVEMBER 21, 2018 •
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Annual bazaar set for historic Dr. Snapp House beginning Nov. 30
By Cindy Weeldreyer
For The Sentinel
Th e familiar Queen Ann
Victorian house at the con-
fl uence of Silk Creek and
the Coast Fork of the Wil-
lamette River is a museum
maintained by the Prospec-
tors and Gold Diggers Club
to showcase early medical
practices.
It is Cottage Grove’s only
Victorian-era house open to
the public and next week it
will be decorated in its hol-
iday fi nery for the annual
Dr. Snapp’s Holiday Bazaar
and Open House, Nov. 30
through Dec. 2.
Built in 1886 by one of
Cottage Grove’s early doc-
tors for his wife, it was origi-
nally located near the corner
of South River Road and
Main Street. In 1966, the
Lane County Housing Au-
thority purchased the prop-
erty to construct Riverview
Terrace, a senior housing
complex.
To make way for what was
to become the tallest build-
ing in town — nicknamed
“Th e High Rise” by locals —
the shabby Victorian home
was destined to become a
“burn to learn” exercise for
the fi re department.
Local historian and busi-
ness leader Ray Nelson per-
suaded club members to
purchase the house from
Lane County for $1 and
then raised the funds to
relocate it to a nearby city-
owned property.
Nelson’s original vision
was to create a replica of
the “village era” of Cottage
Grove on that property to
attract freeway travelers
to stop and visit. Th e Dr.
Snapp House was the fi rst
and only phase of that eff ort
and sits today on the north
end of Prospector Park
near the Swinging Bridge
that connects Slabtown to
Lemati.
Th e booster club traces
its origin to Oregon’s Cen-
tennial Celebration in 1959;
when Grovers organized an
elaborate observance of the
town’s early history. Every-
one had such a grand time a
decision was made to create
a community organization
devoted to preserving local
history.
Th is resulted in the estab-
lishment of the annual Bo-
hemia Mining Days festival
in mid-July. In 1964, the
club began BMD’s legend-
ary Miners’ Breakfast on
Th e Mountain. Th e popular
event attracts nearly 1,000
diners to Bohemia Saddle
Park, 38 miles southeast of
town in the Bohemia Min-
ing District.
With the goal of “pros-
pecting better things for
Cottage Grove”, the Pros-
pectors and Gold Diggers
Club uses revenue from its
summer Breakfast on the
Mountain and its Christ-
mastime bazaar to main-
tain the historic house, to
support community orga-
nizations and to provide
scholarships to high school
graduates.
Nov. 30 through Dec.
2, the beautiful historic
Cottage Theatre presents
PHOTO BY CINDY WEELDREYER
The Victorian-era home that once belonged to Dr. Snapp is now a museum and home to an annual bazaar and fi ndraiser.
house, located at 360 S. Riv-
er Road, will be fi lled with
antiques and 19th Century
medical equipment and ar-
tifacts. It will also feature
sale items from .50 cents
to $50. Holiday shoppers
can enjoy free treats as they
browse for unique and tasty
holiday gift s.
Bazaar hours are Friday
from 4 to 8 p.m.; Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and
Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m.
Nov 30 - Dec 16
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ill out the form below to have your organization's
holiday bazaar included in the bazaar listing in the Cottage
Grove Sentinel each Wednesday during the holidays. Cost for this
service is $45.00 for a 1x3 advertisement, 50 words or less. Please
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Directed by Kory Weimer, Music Direction by Keri Davis, Choreography by Sophie Blades
Book & Lyrics by Tom Jones, Music by Harvey Schmidt
Tickets available online, by phone, or at the door one hour before performance
Thursday−Saturday 8:00 pm; Sunday 2:30 pm. $25 Adult, $15 Youth (18 and under)
541-942-8001 • 700 Village Drive • Cottage Grove
www.cottagetheatre.org
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