Jacksonville Museum was a museum

Museum

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 in Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Oregon

Jacksonville is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States, a few miles west of Medford. It was named for Jackson Creek, which runs through the community and was the site of one of the first placer gold claims in the area. It includes Jacksonville Historic District which was designated a U.S....

, Oregon

Oregon

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, United States

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, located in the former Jackson County Courthouse, built in 1883. The courhouse is a contributing property of the Jacksonville Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 (NRHP). The museum is owned by the Southern Oregon Historical Society, which also owns several other historic properties in Jacksonville. The museum in the courthouse closed in 2006 and the artifacts were sent to storage in nearby Medford, Oregon.

The current Jackson County Courthouse

Jackson County Courthouse (Medford, Oregon)

Jackson County Courthouse is an Art Deco building in Medford, Oregon, United States that was built in 1932, six years after county residents voted to move the county seat from Jacksonville to Medford....

, also listed on the NRHP, is in Medford

Medford, Oregon

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.