Obituaries & Oregon Observer
The local newspaper, The Oregon Observer, has been published weekly since 1880. The Historical society has copies of almost every issue. Historical Society volunteers read every issue of the Observer and clip important articles and obituaries to keep in our files which have been digitized and indexed for easy access. Check out our archive of local […]
Military Files
Include information on military files and archives
Business Files
Include info on business files
Yearbooks, Class Photos, and School Lists
The Oregon Area Historical Society has an extensive collection of Oregon High School yearbooks. We are missing a few years. We have every yearbook except the following: 1952, 1954, 1955, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 To explore […]
Family Files
Oregon Area Historical Society’s Family Files give the historical and genealogical information on the families in our community. A file may include genealogical charts, family histories and memories, obituaries, newspaper clippings, census records, photographs and other documents pertaining to the life of your family and ancestors. Stop by the Museum during open hours to access […]
Museum Reopens for 2026
Welcome to 2026! All of us at the Museum hope you had a wonderful holiday. The Museum is open again our normal hours which are every Tuesday from 10am-3pm and the first Saturday of the month from 9am-12pm. When the Museum is open, you can explore our exhibits at your own pace or talk with […]
The Lincoln Street Historic District
The Lincoln Street Historic District in Oregon contains a cohesive collection of five single-family residential properties dated from c1870 to 1894. The Setting At the end of 1842, Bartley Runey, his wife, three boys and four girls, and Robert Thompson were the only residents in the Township of Oregon. The next year, 1843, C. P. […]
The Gilbert House 1907
357 N Main St American Queen Anne style houses are characterized by an irregularity of plan and massing and by a variety of surface textures, roofs, and wall projections. Shingle or clapboard siding predominates and sometimes is used above a brick ground story. Roofs are steeply pitches, usually with a dominant front-facing gable; and cutaway bay […]
The Thomson House 1889
Originally at 808 Janesville Street One of Oregon’s earliest settlers, Robert Thomson, settled in section 12 of Oregon township in 1841. He purchased 46 acres from the government and built a log cabin on the bank of what is now Thomson’s Creek, near Janesville and S. Perry Parkway. He died in 1882, leaving 42 acres […]
The Marvin House 1897
248 N. Main Street One of the older homes in Oregon is the Queen Anne style house built in 1897 for Mr. and Mrs. (Mabel) L. B. Marvin. L.B. Marvin was then 23 and the eldest son of local hardware merchant, H. H. Marvin. The lot was purchased from his grandfather, Oregon pioneer, A. B. […]