Gaiety Hill / Bush's Pasture Park Historic District (Salem, Oregon)
- Title
- Gaiety Hill / Bush's Pasture Park Historic District (Salem, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- Alternative
- Bush's Pasture Park Historic District (Salem, Oregon)
- Description
- National Register of Historic Places (Listed, ) National Regiser of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form
- Provenance
- University of Oregon Libraries
- Work Type
- architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views historic districts open spaces public spaces public parks
- Location
- Salem >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
- View Date
- 1900/2000
- Identifier
- OR_Marion_Salem_GaietyHillBushPasPkHD_nrnom.pdf
- Rights
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Rights Holder
- Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
- Source
- Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/
- Type
- Image
- Format
- application/pdf
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Note
- "The central, unifying feature of the Gaiety Hill/Bush's Pasture Park Historic District is a 95-acre public park comprised of the house, barn, garden area, creek-lined woodlot, and pasture which historically belonged to Asahel Bush. The district includes residential. development on the park periphery, most notably along the cross axes of High and Mission streets, southeast, which demarcate the west and north boundaries of the park, respectively. The district chronicles the growth and evolution of a south Salem area from its origins as a suburban location for large estates and farms to a densely established innercity neighborhood during the' historic period 1878 to 1938. Three distinct episodes of peripheral residential development are represented in the district. In the 1880s and 1890s, the area was clearly suburban, with a few houses in the Italianate style occupying generous parcels dotted with fences, outbuildings and fruit trees. In the early years of the 20th century, 1900 to about 1915, the suburban parcels were subdivided and improved with bungalows. Those along the west side of High Street were erected in solid succession and provide a markedly cohesive perimeter. Development in the neighborhood was completed in the 1920s and 1930s by further infill, particu1arly on the crest and south slope of Gaiety Hill, near the northwest corner of the Bush family acreage. The historic period of significance has been identified as the six decades between 1878, when Asahel Bush's Italianate house was completed, and 1938, the year in which Depression-era development in the district ended for all practical purposes. The modest extension of the historic period of significance two years beyond the normal 50-year cut-off date is justified by the distinction of several projects completed in the culminating year of house and garden development in the district." National Register nomination, page 87. This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.
