Wallowa County Public Library (Enterprise, Oregon)

Title: Wallowa County Public Library (Enterprise, Oregon)
LC Subject: Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Creator Display: Calvin R. Thornton (architect, 1859-1909)
Description: National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2013)
View: exterior
Temporal: 1900-1909
Work Type: architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views cultural centers (buildings) libraries (buildings) public libraries (buildings)
Latitude: 45.425074
Longitude: -117.276936
Location: Wallowa County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States Enterprise >> Wallowa County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 101 South River Street
Date: 1909
Identifier: OR_WallowaCounty_EnterprisePublicLibrary_DowntownEnterprise_1888-1856_MPD_0001
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: image/jpeg
Set: Building Oregon
Primary Set: Building Oregon
Institution: University of Oregon
Citation: Oregon Historic Sites Database
Note: Calvin R. Thornton was born in Dexter, Iowa on February 16, 1859. He moved to La Grande, Oregon, in 1886 where he practiced as an architect until his death in 1909. He designed many buildings in La Grande subsequent to a fire that took place in 1886. He died on December 16, 1909, three days after suffering injuries from a fall while working on the Litch Buidling in Enterprise, Oregon. Source: Architects of Oregon (Lair Hill Publishing, 2002). This image was included in the documentation related to 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.