Coos County Logging Museum
The Coos County Logging Museum is museum in located in Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States. The museum's focus is the historical forest products industry, particularly logging specific to the local area of Coos County which is situated among vast forest preserves. The museum, a non-profit educational institution, is staffed entirely by volunteers, many of whom hail from the logging camps themselves.
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| Location | 705 Maple Street Myrtle Point, Oregon, USA |
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| Coordinates | 43°03′51″N 124°08′24″W |
| Type | Industrial museum |
| Website | loggingmuseum |
Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints | |
| Area | 4,750 square feet (441 m2)[1] |
| Built | 1910[1] |
| Built by | Thomas Dickson, Charles McCracken[1] |
| Architect | Samuel Giles[1] |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002050 |
| Added to NRHP | October 18, 1979 |
The museum building is a shingled dome modeled after the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah.[1] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[2]
References
- Downing, William P.; Beckham, Curt (August 15, 1978), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints (PDF), retrieved September 24, 2014.
- Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon Historic Sites Database, retrieved January 15, 2015.
External links
- Coos County Logging Museum - City of Myrtle Point
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