Tillamook County Historical Society
| Honoring Oregon's Sesquicentennial
Watch for storyboards in downtown Tillamook windows. The Historical Society has created the storyboards in honor of the sesquicentennial for Oregon, celebrating Tillamook's history and its inhabitants.
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The Tillamook County Historical Society
The Tillamook County Historical Society was founded in 1984 to bring together those persons interested in preserving the history of Tillamook County. A separate organization from the Tillamook Pioneer Museum and Tillamook Pioneer Association, the Society has concentrated on doing a number of projects such as placing historic plaques, conducting historical tours, printing books about local history and producing a quarterly newsletter with local history topics and upcoming events.
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The Society schedules quarterly meetings and an annual dinner of the general membership where a speaker or program is planned. Members are welcome to attend the monthly board meetings as well. Annual dues are $10.00 for Family Membership.
Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Tillamook
On Saturday, September 12, the Tillamook County Historical Society will
once again provide a Walking Tour of Downtown Tillamook, with the historic
Tillamook County Pioneer Museum as the starting point. The tour will begin at 10:30 am.
A walking tour brochure is available for self-guided tours at the front desk of the Pioneer Museum. (See below for PDFs of the brochure, maps and additional historical information).
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The tour highlighted historical buildings such as the Thayer Bank, constructed in 1894 from local sandstone; the post office (listed on the National Historic Registry) built in 1940, with its mural by Lucia Wiley, a nationally recognized fresco painter of that era
(www.muralist.org); private residences viewed from the street showing gothic, Italianate, plantation and bungalow styles of architecture; the former United Brethren Church, built in 1896; the Tillamook Hotel, built in three stages from 1900 to the 1940s and many more locations. |
The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum is located at 2106 2nd Street in Tillamook, Oregon. For further information, call Sally Rissel at 503-965-6973 or Ruby Fry-Matson at the Pioneer Museum at 503-842-4553.
*Download and view or printout the following brochures, maps and
Membership Forms for the Tillamook County Historical Society and the Walking Tour of Downtown Tillamook:
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*To access the Forms, you'll need to have Adobe Acrobat
Reader installed. Don't have it? It's Free, just click the Get Acrobat
Reader icon at the left and download the version you need for your computer. |
Become a Member of the Historical Society
Just download, fill out and send in the following form to become a
member of the Tillamook County Historical Society.
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