PHOTO PROVIDED/ CRESWELL HERITAGE FOUNDATION – Creswell’s Old Schoolhouse. In 2007, Creswell residents Marge Williamson and Carol Campbell undertook to have Creswell’s old schoolhouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building had just been vacated because the volunteer library that occupied it since 1927 moved to a[Read More…]
Author: VERLEAN McCOY - For The Chronicle
Recalling a bellwether event for Schoolhouse
PHOTO PROVIDED The school bell was received in November 2020. In November 2020, I was contacted by Steve Jones who said that his family was in possession of a bell that may have come from Creswell’s old schoolhouse. It was on their property on Gibson Lane, which was being sold. They were[Read More…]
Foundation saves old schoolhouse
McCoy Editor’s note: May is National Historic Preservation Month. The Creswell Heritage Foundation offers a column on the topic each week. In 1927, the Creswell Civic Improvement Club (CCIC) bought the building on the NW corner of south 2nd and D Streets from the Oregon Baptist Society. The Club had[Read More…]
Recalling Creswell’s ‘Old Schoolhouse’
The building in Creswell on the corner of South 2nd and D Streets, across from the Creswell Bakery, is known as the old library or the old schoolhouse. Further back in time, it was known as The Civic Club when the Creswell Civic Improvement Club owned it. Before that[Read More…]
Old Schoolhouse projects continue during pandemic
CRESWELL – The Creswell Heritage Foundation completed several projects in 2020 related to the Old Schoolhouse, and project leaders expressed thanks for community members who made it possible despite shortfalls caused by COVID-19. Julie Whalen of Willamette Window Restoration restored the four windows on the south side in 2020. Sponsors[Read More…]
Public helps restore Schoolhouse windows
Creswell Heritage Foundation has raised $9,325 toward window restoration by offering window sponsorships to individuals, businesses and organizations. The sponsorships are $1,500 and will be recognized with a plaque. The Lions Club was the first to sponsor a window. Other full sponsors are Carol Campbell, Richard and Shirley Bonebrake, Don[Read More…]
Funding shortfalls slow progress on Schoolhouse
Verlean McCoy Progress continues on the restoration of Creswell’s old schoolhouse, but some projects may be delayed due to funding shortfalls. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused redirection of grant funds that might have been available for historic restoration to more pressing community needs. The Creswell Heritage Foundation (CHF) had two[Read More…]
The present reflects the past
In 1920, the Creswell Civic Improvement Club (CCIC) recorded that its February meeting was postponed “on account of the flu ban.” I reflect on that simple sentence and wonder how Creswell was affected during the devastating 1918-1920 Spanish flu epidemic. In the same minutes, “Sunshine Committee reported several calls and delicacies[Read More…]