Buildings

This site has seen major transformation over the last 131 years. Today, we view this property as a loss for preservation but a major win for place-making and community building.

This two-story brick rectangular structure was constructed in 1910 at the cost of $15,000. The building was named after Joseph B. Mardis, a real estate developer who came to McMinnville from California.

This two-story brick structure, originally known as the O. O. Hodson Building, is stuccoed and scored with horizontal lines. The original façade on the ground floor has been replaced with large plate glass aluminum frame store windows and a recessed entrance.

This is a three-story buff-colored brick structure with a flat roof, built-in 1913 at the cost of $38,000. It replaces an earlier Masonic Hall, which was a smaller, two-story Italianate brick structure occupied by Bishop Clothiers.

Constructed in 1885 by Mr.Braly, the McMinnville National Bank Building is a narrow, two-story Italianate brick structure covered in stucco. The Yamhill County Bank opened on October 18, 1886 and was in business until 1888 before becoming the McMinnville National Bank from 1888–1905.

Built-in 1884, this two-story Italianate brick building originally housed various saloons until 1911, when it became a grocery store. John Shilling purchased the building in 1905 and covered the brick façade with stucco.

This building was built by W.T Vinton and William Smith ca.1921 to Montgomery Ward’s specifications. It replaced an earlier 1880s two-story brick structure that housed a Studebaker garage.

The Samuel and Mahala Cozine House is a Queen Anne style Victorian built in 1892 by early pioneer Samuel Cozine and his wife, Mahala. They resided here together until Samuel’s death in 1897. Mahala continued to live here until her death in 1908.

In 1911, the discussion of building a Carnegie Library in McMinnville had begun. Tax funding and a library board were created by an ordinance in 1911.