Olde Stone House - Vale, Oregon
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silverquill
N 43° 58.842 W 117° 14.417
11T E 480729 N 4869757
The Old Stone House is one of the oldest buildings in Malheur County and in Eastern Oregon, it was built in 1872, by Louis Rinehart.
Waymark Code: WM2H1Y
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 11/03/2007
Views: 20
The Old Stone House is one of the oldest buildings in Malheur County and in Eastern Oregon, it was built in 1872, by Louis Rinehart and has served as a way station on the Oregon Trail, a hostelry, a stage stop for the Boise to Burns run, and during the Bannock Paiute War in 1878, it served as a refuge for the nearby settlers. In more recent times it was a private home. The first Vale post office was established in this building in 1883. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, when it was a hundred years old. The Rinehart Stone House Museum is now open to the public.
Street address:
283 S. Main St.
Vale, OH United States
97918
County / Borough / Parish: Malheur County
Year listed: 1972
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event
Periods of significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Museum
Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2007 To: 12/31/2007
Hours of operation: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Privately owned?: Not Listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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