tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049031921542870804.post6870096690114689381..comments2023-10-15T08:12:02.834-07:00Comments on Salem Heritage Network (SHINE): The Fall of the House of DalrympleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049031921542870804.post-39110592890942088812009-06-22T14:29:43.487-07:002009-06-22T14:29:43.487-07:00Thank you, Liz, for adding to the history of this ...Thank you, Liz, for adding to the history of this wonderful, lost treasure. I expect you know John Griffith whose grandmother, Kate Griffith was born there. He says he was tempted to steal the doorknocker when the house was vacant, but never got up the nerve. He was sorry, afterward, that he had not ~ someone else did!Virginianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049031921542870804.post-35643595709068472232009-06-22T13:43:54.221-07:002009-06-22T13:43:54.221-07:00Correction: She currently serves on the board of t...Correction: She currently serves on the board of the Oregon State Capitol Foundation; please forgive the error. - LizAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049031921542870804.post-77314590098099182492009-06-22T13:35:00.709-07:002009-06-22T13:35:00.709-07:00My parents, Bill and Norma Paulus, bought this hom...My parents, Bill and Norma Paulus, bought this home in the late Sixties with the intention of renovating it to its former splendor to be used as a law office/commercial building. They were stymied by regulations and other obstacles including local building codes that would have required non-period siding (think aluminum). It was a fabulous house, and deserved better. While considering their options, thieves broke in and stole the entire staircase, marble fireplaces and other fixtures. In 1972, the building was sold to a young couple for one dollar, who would move it to another part of town for rehabilitation. When the crane operator slipped and caused the crane to drop the second story into Marion Street, neither owner had any recourse but to clean it up, since its stated value was a buck. My father went on to place his law practice next door in the Garfield School Building as one of the first tenants after its conversion to offices, while my mother went to the statehouse to sponsor lots of bills supporting historic preservation, and still serves this community as part of the Oregon State Historic Preservation Commission. - Liz Paulus, Portland, OrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com