Everything about Mission Mill Museum totally explained
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.
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.
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.
- 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)
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