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McKenzie Highway Historic District (Linn County, Oregon)

Creator Display
  • Oregon Department of Transportation (builder/contractor)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1917
  • 1924
Description
  • 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
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2011)
View Date
  • 2006
Temporal
  • 1920-1929
  • 1910-1919
MODS Note
  • 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.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon
Identifier
  • pna_2
Source
  • Pacific Coast Architect, March 1913
Institution
Submission Date
  • 05/04/2015
Modified
  • 08/12/2022
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APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (25 Apr 2024). McKenzie Highway Historic District (Linn County, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67rz837

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "McKenzie Highway Historic District (Linn County, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 25 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67rz837

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "McKenzie Highway Historic District (Linn County, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-25. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67rz837

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Oregon. Department of Transportation http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79077358
2 Chapman, Judith A. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/ChapmanJudithA
3 Sell, David http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/SellDavid
4 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
5 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
6 open spaces http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300008072
7 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
8 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
9 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
10 roads http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300008217
11 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
12 transportation buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007736
13 Lane County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5735869/
14 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
15 Linn County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5736713/
16 Deschutes County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5722958/
17 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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