#klamath county

[unteriors]

Paygr Road, Malin, Oregon.

[annapolisrose]

Sunrise, Klamath County, OR - 2

[rabbitcruiser]

Deep Blue

What do you think about my pic?

[eopederson2]

Crater Lake, Oregon, 2014.

[spiritheyregone]

Klamath Marsh and Mount Thielsen. (Wikipedia)

[eopederson]

Abandoned Motel, US 97 Between Klamath Falls, Oregon and Dorris, California, 2014.

A forest fire was raging nearby, and I needed to get to Mt. Shasta, CA before US 97 was closed again, so I am not certain exactly where this was, though it was probably in California.

[decoarchitecture]

Klamath County Armory and Auditorium, Klamath Falls, Oregon Source: University of Oregon

Charming if slightly odd armory / auditorium in Southern Oregon. The town’s population was roughly 16,000 at the time this was built.

From the archive listing:

The Klamath County Armory and Auditorium was designed by local architect Howard Perrin and constructed in 1935 during the middle of the Great Depression to meet the growing county’s need to have a place to accommodate large gatherings and help build a sense of community. 

The building was designed in the Classical Moderne styling of Art Deco architecture with an emphasis on verticality in its tall windows and engaged columns. Decorative architectural elements on the exterior include cast-stone stylized eagles and helmeted soldier figures, while the interior boasts a stylized painted floral ceiling and an impressive laminated arched wood roof spanning the central hall space. 

The building is important for this architecture but also for its role in providing space to the Oregon National Guard’s 249th Coast Artillery and for recreation and entertainment in Klamath Falls and the greater county through the 1960s. 

he Klamath County Armory and Auditorium functioned for a number of years as a community center for local activities and large public gatherings, as well as a venue for boxing and wrestling matches, circuses, community dances, and also musical acts that ranged from Duke Ellington and B.B. King, to Tex Williams and Hank Thompson. 

The Armory and Auditorium was converted for use as the Klamath County Museum in 1969 and the building remains today as the museum’s biggest and most important artifact.

This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service.

A few more pictures, including interior, under the cut:

[trainmaniac]

Just like the Ducks by Greg Brown Via Flickr: Green and yellow locomotives switch log cars at Sycan, Oregon, using a trestle over the Sprague River as a lead. Having hauled its last logs in April 1990, Oregon, California & Eastern was moving all equipment off the railroad prior to abandonment.