7th Street from the Rogue River to Evelyn Avenue
Author: Joan Momsen
 
Book Description
This is Volume 3 in a series of photographs of buildings in Grants Pass, Oregon in 2014. It is published by the Josephine County Historical Society for benefit of the Society. In the future, we will have an idea of what the buildings in Grants Pass looked like in 2014. Maybe 25 or 50 years from now these images will be useful for historical reference. The idea for these small books divided into sections of the town of Grants Pass, came about when I was looking for photos of what the older buildings in town looked like when they were first built. I discovered that no pictures were ever given to the Josephine County Historical Society to be filed and kept for historical reference. I am sure most building owners took a photo of their newly constructed building whether it was in 1886 or 1856 or any other year. But they did not bother to put those photos on file at the Historical Society. The society does have many photos of some wonderful memories of days in the past, but there are still many gaps in our photographic history. Today, with the ability to scan images into a computer, there is no excuse for not having the photos preserved by the historical society. People just have to bring their old photos to us and we will scan and return the originals.
This volume covers 7th Street from the Rogue River to Evelyn Avenue. Until the late 1950s 7th Street was not a primary street in Grants Pass. Although it was only one block from the "Main Street", 6th Street, it was not part of the downtown business district. It was not even a through street. Crossing the railroad tracks, until the late 1930s. Much of it was residential. It extended from M Street to about Savage Street. When the second Bridge was built, Highway 99 was no longer just 6th Street. 6th Street became the Southbound portion of Highway 99 through Grants Pass, and 7th Street was the Northbound portion of Highway 99.
 
56 Pages
Publisher: Josephine County Historical Society