It’s Historic Preservation Month! From the character-filled storefronts to the stories tucked inside longtime neighborhoods, McMinnville’s history is all around us. As we gear up for our City’s 150th anniversary, join us as we explore the people, architecture, and stories that have shaped our community - here are some of our favorites —
👆🏽Wright Building - Constructed in 1893, the Wright Building is a Queen Anne-style commercial structure with a central pediment that reads E. Wright, 1893, honoring its original owner and builder. A steam generation plant operated out of the basement of the building and offered heat service for sale to an 11-block area of McMinnville’s downtown merchants until the 1960s! The Ladies Civic Improvement Club and the City operated a public library on the 2nd floor of the Wright Building from 1910-1912, when it moved into the Carnegie Library building - where it stands today!
🚂 Southern Pacific Train Depot - In July 1879, the Western Oregon Railroad brought McMinnville its first rail connection from Portland. The original two-story wooden depot (1880) served both freight and passengers and even included a hotel on its upper floor. Over time, the line passed from the Western Oregon Railroad to the Oregon & California Railroad and finally to Southern Pacific (SP). In 1912, SP launched a project to electrify parts of its network for faster passenger, mail, and light freight service. At its peak in 1920, five trains passed through McMinnville each way daily, carrying families, students, and business travelers. The 1913 building survives as a key historic landmark and continues to support freight operations today!
🔌Old City Power Plant - McMinnville’s first power plant stood on the banks of the South Yamhill River and generated electricity with a wood-fired steam boiler. On December 11, 1889 electric lights brightened downtown for the first time. In early 1910, the utility opened a second plant, and in 1924, McMinnville Water and Light built its third and final power plant. It supplied primary power until 1948, when McMinnville Water and Light began purchasing electricity from the Bonneville Power Administration.
✨ Local Business Spotlight ✨
From beauty and wellness to style, lodging, and local services — these McMinnville businesses help our community thrive. 💛
This week’s featured members include:
💇♀️ Colorful McCaw Salon | @colorfulmccawsalon
🧘 Human Harmonies Northwest | @humanharmonies
👗 New To You | @shopnewtoyou
🏡 A'Tuscan Estate Bed and Breakfast | @atuscanestate 💻Nectar Graphics | @nectargraphics
🚗 Mcminnville Auto Detail | @mcminnvilleautodetail
Discover more local businesses by visiting our website with the link in our bio.
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Have you met us? We’re all local!!!
Say hello to our Keep It Local Mac featured local businesses this week! These businesses will be featured on the homepage of our website for the next week!
McMinnville Volleyball Association
@ospreyrivergoods@shopnewtoyou@brainandbodycollective@atuscanestate@nectargraphics
Let’s give these locals some love by heading over to their instagram accounts and following them.
Thank you all for supporting local and supporting Keep It Local Mac!!!
If you are interested in being featured on our website and social media pages head to our website (link in bio @keepitlocalmac ) and click on the tab “add your business” at the top of the page to learn more!
Repost from Keep It Local Mac member @nectargraphics
I’m so excited to start this next project! This beautiful brand identity is ready to be worked into a new label design for @les.chevaux.ivres
#oregonwine #willamettevalley #branddesigner
So much of the organizing process is hard to capture into a single graphic. When I started Organized Bliss PDX, I was stumped on how to create a logo that embraces organization and shows progress….
You’ve got to start somewhere! The untangling of it all is captured perfectly in my logo! A huge thank you to @madamelarue and @nectargraphics for nailing it! ✨💅🏼
Look for my cards in the wild!💚
Audio on 🔉 I share some thoughts on the Thistle.
I personally think thistles are beautiful, but they are extremely pokey and if you’ve ever stepped on one barefoot, you know how painful it can be.
So despite their beauty, they are despised by many for taking up space and resources.
Though they are unpleasant, they actually make an amazing compost tea. So here’s this thing that gardeners hate and yet with a little creativity it can become something that actually feeds the other plants instead of taking their nutrients.
I think there is a potent lesson thistle is inviting us into.
Before we completely cast something away because it’s uncomfortable, how can we see opportunity in it?
Easier said than done, and sometimes the lesson shows up farther down the road after time, but the wisdom is still there, hidden in all things.
Life is a tarot deck, the cards are all in our favor, it’s just hard to see sometimes.
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These thistles were designed by @madamelarue of @nectargraphics for @rexhillwines
I’m so grateful they asked me to paint them 🙏✨
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All wrapped up with these signs for @shoplabellacasamcminnville
Very excited with how they turned out. They took a lot of attention to detail and definitely stretched me. So grateful they chose me to bring it to life.
Artwork designed by the lovely @madamelarue of @nectargraphics
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Sound on! 🦜🎶 Had such a peaceful time painting this mural for @rexhillwines
Art designed by @nectargraphics
Hope you enjoy seeing a bit of my process.
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She's worth the wait! Stay tuned as we turn the corner on 2025! #oregonchardonnay #grazingbasedviticulture #regenerativewine #oregonwine #willamettevalleywine
