10 years ago: Two adjoining 110-year-old buildings in downtown Silverton were gutted by fire Wednesday April 6, in the worst fire the town has seen since the 1992 blaze at Town Hall. No injuries were reported, but the Pride of the West Bar and Grill and Adelaide’s Antiques store were devastated. Photo: Silverton Standard files
From the April 3, 1897 edition of the Silverton Standard:
PART OF BLAIR STREET RENAMED EMPIRE STREET.
Be it ordained by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Silverton:
That the name of that portion of “Blair” Street extending southerly from its intersection with the center of Tenth to the southwesterly limits of the Town, is hereby changed to, and shall hereafter be designated and known as “Empire” S…
