Adolph Block

The Adolph Block is a historic commercial building located in downtown Salem, Oregon, United States.[1] It was constructed in 1880 by German immigrant and pioneering Salem brewer Samuel Adolph (1835-1893)[3], who purchased the property that Summer after a fire had destroyed the previous wooden buildings on the site.[4] It was designed and built by Salem contractor J.S. Coulter. Completed by the end of the year, It was built sharing party walls with the adjoining J. K. Gill Building (1868) to the West and the long-since demolished Gray's Block on the East, of which one cast iron column remains. Though altered many times over the past century, the Adolph Block still retains many distinctive Italianate details and is one of the finer remaining examples of the style in Salem's downtown historic district.

Adolph Block
The Adolph Block in 2009
Location in Salem, Oregon
Adolph Block (Oregon)
Location360–372 State Street
Salem, Oregon
Coordinates44°56′24″N 123°02′22″W
Area11,100.5 square feet (1,031.27 m2)[1]
Built1880[1]
Built byJ. S. Coulter[1]
ArchitectJ. S. Coulter[1]
Architectural styleHigh Victorian Italianate[1]
Part ofSalem Downtown State Street – Commercial Street Historic District[2] (ID01001067)
NRHP reference No.80003348
Added to NRHPFebruary 1, 1980

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[5]

See also

References
  1. Duniway, David C.; Potter, Elisabeth Walton (January 15, 1978), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Adolph Block (PDF), retrieved November 9, 2014.
  2. Evans, Gail E.H. (July 2001), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Salem Downtown State Street – Commercial Street Historic District (PDF), retrieved December 13, 2013.
  3. "Adolph Block and Wild Pear". Capitol Taps: Fine Beer in Salem Oregon. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  4. "Adolph Building at 362-72 State Street, Salem,Oregon, 1992". Oregon Historic Photographs Collection. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  5. 46 FR 10622 (February 3, 1981).


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