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| Object Name | McKenzie Highway Historic District (Linn County, Oregon)
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| View | National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. Completed by Judith A. Chapman, M.A., Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc.; reviewed and revised by Robert W. Hadlow, Ph.D., Oregon Department of Transportation, August 21, 2009 |
| Creator/Role | Oregon Department of Transportation (builder/contractor)
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| Creator | Oregon Department of Transportation
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| Date | 1917
1924
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| Decade | 1910-1919
1920-1929
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| County | Linn
Lane
Deschutes
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| Country | United States
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| Photograph Date | 2006
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| Photographer | Judith A. Chapman
David Sell
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| Cataloger | Edward H. Teague |
| Object Type | architecture
built works
views (visual works)
exterior views
transportation buildings
open spaces
roads
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| Signficance | National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2011) |
| Notes | The road that would become the McKenzie Highway was first constructed in 1862 as a wagon route across the middle Cascade Mountains to link the Willamette Valley with the Bend area. Recognizing the importance of the route, the Oregon Highway Commission indentified the road as one of five included in the first highway plan in 1914 and subsequently improved the route in 1917. Increasing traffic lead to the construction of a modern highway starting in 1921 and which was finished in 1924. Built by the Forest Service and the US Bureau of Public Roads in Oregon, the McKenzie Highway was specifically designed to encourage tourism by offering motorists sweeping views of forests and mountain and volcanic vistas from McKenzie Pass as they travelled through National Forest lands. Upon completion, the highway carried a large amount of local traffic, as well as tourists from all over the United States, and was known for its scenery and recreational opportunities such as hunting and fishing, hot-spring resorts, hotels, and campgrounds. Seeking to further encourage tourism, the Civilian Conservation Corps constructed the Dee Wright Observatory at the pass in 1935. Constructed of volcanic rock, the building offers visitors breath-taking views of the surrounding mountains and volcanic lava flows. Source: Oregon State Historic Preservation Office. |
| Metadata Notes | Description of this work is based initially on documentation supplied by the image provider. It is often the case with gift slides that very little information is provided. Review and updating of descriptive information by the collection cataloger is ongoing. |
| Digital Collection | Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon & the Pacific Northwest
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| Image Source | Pacific Coast Architect, March 1913 |
| Publisher | University of Oregon Libraries |
| Copyright | © University of Oregon. This image is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ ). Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is required.. All Rights Reserved. |
| File Name | pna_2 |
