Oregon’s State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation will consider nominations to the National Register of Historic Places in a one-day meeting on Friday, February 16th at the American Legion Post 173 at 158 E Main Street in Carlton, OR, 97111. The committee will take a walking tour of Downtown Carlton and Carlton & Coast Tavern (325 Main Street), Wennerberg Barn (501 S. Park Street), and the Lewis C. and Emma Thompson House (12789 Meadowlake Road). State Historic Preservation Office Staff presentations start at 12:00 PM and nomination hearings will begin at 1:30 PM at the American Legion Post 173. The tours and meeting are open to the public. The committee will review proposed nominations for the Lewis C. and Emma Thompson House in the Carlton vicinity, Wennerberg Barn in Carlton, Dr. Robert R. and Mary Helen Mooers House in Roseburg, and the Shute-Meierjurgen Farmstead in the Hillsboro vicinity. A meeting agenda is available at www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/NATREG/Pages/nrhp_sachphome.aspx Nominations recommended by the SACHP go to the National Park Service, which maintains the Register under the authority of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Members of the Committee hold credentials in many historic preservation-related fields. The meeting site is accessible to people with disabilities. Special accommodations for the meeting may be made by calling (503) 986-0690. More information about the National Register and Oregon properties listed in the Register is online at www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/SHPO/Pages/index.aspx (click on “National Register” at left of page).
