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Sunday May 19th
Oregon City Planning Department
The Planning Division is responsible for all long range and current planning as well as the implementation of the Oregon City Comprehensive Plan and associated Municipal Ordinances.
900 Main Street

The building is an L-shape; a two-story square portion at the rear of the lot has a narrow, three-story extension at the northwest corner which juts to the street perpendicularly to the rest of the building. A parking lot is tucked into the "L" in front of the building. The facade of the two-story section has applied pilasters culminating in slight arches at the top of the wall and serving the separate the windows on the first floor. The entire front wall of the two-story section is recessed under the root edge. There are no windows on the second floor in the front; the south elevation has second floor windows, but none on the first floor. A centered entrance has a small canopy projecting from above the doors. The three-story portion of the building has an awning that covers two floors over the door on the south wall. A recessed vertical bay of windows is located in the west wall, off-center. A series of three awnings protrude from the recess, The building sits on the northeast corner of Main and 9th, facing west. Statement of Significance: This building was constructed in 1917 by C.G. Miller, the first auto dealer in Oregon City, In 1903, he sold the first auto in town, a Reo, and owned the second one. His business became known as Miller-Parker in 1913. This building was built as a dealership and service garage in 1917. In 1922, the business became known as the C.G. Miller Company (Miller Motors), which it was until the the late 1960s. It later became known as the Barnard Motor Company. The building was converted to offices prior to the 1983 survey {exact date undetermined). Due to the substantial alterations, there is virtually no historic integrity left to this building and it is, therefore, not eligible as a contributing resource in a historic district.