The Oregon Capitol, Salem

Oregon's present Capitol has its origins in two fires. On December 30, 1855, fire swept through a newly occupied Statehouse, completely destroying the structure. The Holman Building, in the business section of Salem, served as a temporary Capitol from 1859 until another one was completed in 1876. On April 25, 1935, fire again destroyed the elegant Statehouse patterned after the U.S. Capitol.

Francis Keally with the New York firm of Trowbridge & Livingston designed the current building, which was dedicated October 1, 1938.

Women's Vote

 The Nineteenth Amendment was ratified on August 26, 1920. 

  

   

Susan B Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton 

 Marble statue of three suffragists by Adelaide Johnson in the Capitol crypt, 

Washington, D.C

 

You can be sure I plan to take advantage of the privilege in November. My grandmother, born in 1875, a strong support of the movement. She voted in every election until she died in 1957.