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Contents 1 Timeline 1.1 1850s 1.2 1940s 1.3 1950s 2 Location 2.1 Mill Street 2.2 2nd Street 2.3 6th Street 2.4 7th Street 2.5 8th Street 2.6 10th Street 2.7 17th Street 2.8 18th Street 2.9 32nd Street 2.10 34th Street 2.11 37th Street 2.12 39th Street 2.13 43rd Street 2.14 49th Street 2.15 50th Street 2.16 57th Street

Timeline

1850s

• According to an article in the Eugene Register dated July 4, 1891, the first store was opened in 1852 by James Huddleston on the east bank of the Willamette River as a trading post in Springfield, near Mill and Main Street.

• In 1853, a small trading post was kept by J.N. Donalds near the corner of present-day Mill and Main Streets (Walling 1884:452).

• Springfield was platted in 1856, at which time two blocks between South A, Main, Mill, and Third Streets were laid out into eight lots each. The lots measured 66x120 feet, with streets 66 feet in width and alleys 14 feet wide. Though the town was oriented to the Willamette River, it developed along a standard grid system that was aligned to the four cardinal directions.

1940s

• Signaling the development that was to come along Main Street eastward toward Thurston, the Paramount Market opened its new “supermarket” at the corner of Main and 21st Street in March 1945 launching what would become the Paramount commercial district (Springfield News 1943, 1945)

• Springfield sought a new post office in 1947, but was not approved for a new facility until 1949, when a new concrete building was constructed on Main at 6th for the new office.

1950s

• A new Dairy Queen opened on Main between 8th and 9th Streets in 1951.

Location

Mill Street

2nd Street

6th Street

Post office was constructed on Main at 6th in 1949.

7th Street

740 Main Street. Affordable Insurance Concepts | (541) 741-4898

8th Street

Dairy Queen opened between 8th and 9th Streets in 1951

10th Street

1010 Main Street. Airmetrics | (541) 726-0560

17th Street

1775 Main Street. AA Northwest Automotive | (541) 741-8500

18th Street

1844 Main Street. A 1 Buyers | (541) 746-6801

32nd Street

3214 Main Street. A Flair for Hair | (541) 741-7812

34th Street

3445 Main Street. A St Automotive & Collision | (541) 726-8453

37th Street

3773 Main Street. A-1 Fire Protection | (541) 726-7287

39th Street

3990 Main Street. Aamco Transmissions | (541) 726-6824

43rd Street

4350 Main Street. Acme Collision Service | (541) 726-7242

49th Street

4940 Main Street. AAA Budget Storage | (541) 747-0223

50th Street

5047 Main Street. Action Muffler & Brake | (541) 726-5176

57th Street

5755 Main Street. Albertson's Food & Drug | (541) 741-1525