Ballou-West House - Court Street-Chemeketa Street Historic District - Salem, Oregon - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

This one-and-one-half story Bungalow is thought to have been built around 1912 for Orvillie Ballou. She was the older sister of Anna Ballou Hofer, and sister-in-law of Andrew Hofer who, with his brother, Col. E. Hofer, owned and ran the Salem Daily Capital Journal newspaper. Their house was on the corner of Court and Chemeketa Sts. Orvillie owned and taught at "Miss Ballou's School" in Salem, and later moved to Pasadena, CA where Anna lived after the death of Andrew. Orvillie sold the house to Wharton and Viola West in 1920. The West family lived at the house until selling it in 1943.

A prominent feature of this house is the fully-recessed porch with the three arched bays and decorate woodwork on the support pillars.

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Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Court Street-Chemeketa Street Historic District Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link] NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): [Web Link] Address: 1615 Court Street NE Salem, Oregon 97301 How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below) Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link]

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