The Capitol Center - Salem Oregon

The Capitol Center is a high-rise office building in downtown Salem, Oregon, United States. Finished in 1927, it was originally known as the First National Bank Building and owned by Salem businessman Thomas A. Livesley.

Thomas A. Livesley

The eleven story building was designed by architect Leigh L. Dougan and is Salem's most prestigious address. Located at State and Liberty streets it is part of Salem’s downtown historic district and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as the Old First National Bank Building..

Details

Located at 388 State Street, the structure rises 151 feet (46m) to the top of its parapet wall, and contains eleven floors. Classified as the only high-rise building in Salem, it is the third tallest building in the city after the Salem First United Methodist Church (188 feet tall) and the Oregon State Capitol (173 feet tall). Capitol Center is 164 feet (50m) tall as measured to the top of its tallest antenna.

Constructed of a reinforced concrete frame, the exterior walls are lined with a Florentine sandstone that is light pink in color. The exterior includes decorative gargoyles and heads at the top. The fifth floor is considered historic and retains it original look, including doors made from mahogany. There is a total of 49,700 square feet (4,620m2) of floor space in the building.

Today

Salem visionary Roger Yost purchased the Capitol Center from a Chicago-based investment firm in April 2003. He invested substantially to modernize the building’s elevators and upgrade four of the Capitol Center’s ll floors..

Yost also owns the Reed Opera House, The Vick Building, and Alessandro’s Ristorante & Galleria in Downtown Salem and the upscale Apartments at Cinnamon Lakes plus several nearby condominiums in South Salem.

The Civic Leader, a driving force behind the city’s new Economic Improvement District, is president of Go Downtown Salem!, sits on the boards of Travel Salem, The Historic Elsinore Theatre, and serves on the advisory boards of Oregon Symphony Association in Salem, the Salem Multicultural Institute, The City of Salem Shade Tree Council, Town Square Task Force, Chemeketa Community College, and Willamette University’s School of Education.