Capen Shoe Company Factory, Willamette - c. 1908

Name/Title

Capen Shoe Company Factory, Willamette - c. 1908

Entry/Object ID

P-9574

Description

Capen Shoe Company Factory, Willamette - c. 1908 (Built 1895 - closed 1914) Established by 1895 by Ellery Capen and his family, their shoe factory at 7th Avenue and 12th Street was to be the first of many industrial sites in the new community of Willamette. That vision never came to pass, despite the planning of the Willamette Falls Electric Company, who provided electric power and an electric trolley to connect Willamette with the falls, and by extension, Oregon City.

Made/Created

Date made

1908

Place

Town

Willamette

City

Clackamas

County

Clackamas

State

Oregon

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Medium: Negative Location of Negative: Society Collection

Other Names and Numbers

Other Name

2008.008.002.070

Other Number

Other No.: Gardner 70; Other Photo #: Toedtemeier #3