Mission Mill Museum

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Thomas Kay Woolen Mill
(National Register of Historic Places)
Thomas Kay Woolen Mill from the rear, showing the dye house
Location:	Salem, Oregon
Built/Founded:	1898
Added to NRHP:	1973
Governing body:	Mission Mill Museum Association

Mission Mill Museum is a historic museum located in Salem, Oregon, United States. It features working displays of a woolen mill, the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, and several historic Salem buildings that have been relocated to the mill site.

[edit] Mill history

The original Kay Woolen Mill was opened in 1890, by Thomas L. Kay, whose family eventually founded Pendleton Woolen Mills. The workforce of 50 labored 60-hour weeks. In 1895, a fire destroyed much of the mill and outbuildings.

By 1898 the mill had been rebuilt. Two additional stories were added in 1941.

[edit] Museum

The museum includes a water power interpretive exhibit by Portland General Electric. The exhibit demonstrates how the mill was run using the water from Mill Creek.

[edit] Structures on the National Register of Historic Places

Jason Lee House (1841) - with the Parsonage, the earliest known frame buildings in Salem, and perhaps the oldest remaining in the state
Methodist Mission Parsonage (1841)
John D. Boon House (1847)
Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church (1858)
Thomas Kay Woolen Mill (1898)

[edit] External links

	U.S. National Register of Historic Places - (List of entries)
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