Walter D. Pugh was a prominent architect in Salem

Salem, Oregon

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, Oregon

Oregon

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, United States

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The son of a carpenter, Pugh began designing buildings in Salem when there were only a few thousand residents, and in nearby Eugene

Eugene, Oregon

Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...

 when it had a little over a thousand residents. Pugh designed Salem's Oregon State Hospital

Oregon State Hospital

Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, United States, is the primary state-run psychiatric hospital in the state of Oregon since Dammasch State Hospital closed in 1995. The facility is best known as the filming location for the Academy Award-winning film based on Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over...

 buildings being constructed in 1907-1908, including an addition to the "J Building", which has since been demolished.

A number of his buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 (NRHP).

Projects on the National Register

• Independence National Bank (1891), 302 S Main St., Independence
  Independence, Oregon
  Independence is a city in Polk County, Oregon, United States, on the west bank of the Willamette River along Oregon Route 51, and east of nearby Monmouth. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Bush and Brey Block and Annex, 179-197 Commercial St. NE, Salem, built for Asahel Bush II and Mortiz Brey, a cabinet maker
• Bush–Breyman Block (1889), 141-147 Commercial St. NE, Salem
• Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House
  Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House
  The Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House, or Castle on the Hill in Eugene, Oregon, United States is a Victorian-era residence that is listed on the National Register of Historical Places. It is named for the three families who called it home over the years...
  
  , 303 Willamette St., Eugene
• Buildings on the Oregon State Hospital
  Oregon State Hospital
  Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, United States, is the primary state-run psychiatric hospital in the state of Oregon since Dammasch State Hospital closed in 1995. The facility is best known as the filming location for the Academy Award-winning film based on Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over...
  
   campus
• Chemeketa Lodge No. 1 Odd Fellows Buildings (Grand Theater
  Grand Theater (Salem, Oregon)
  The Grand Theater is part of a complex of historic buildings in Salem, Oregon, United States that was originally owned by the fraternal organization Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Chemeketa Lodge No. 1, Odd Fellows Buildings. The...
  
  ), 185-195 High St. NE, Salem, with Morris H. Whitehouse
  Morris H. Whitehouse
  Morris Homans Whitehouse was an American architect whose work included the design of the Gus Solomon United States Courthouse in Portland.Whitehouse was born in Oregon and graduated from MIT in 1906.He partnered with J...
  
  
• United Presbyterian Church and Rectory
  United Presbyterian Church and Rectory (Albany, Oregon)
  The Albany Presbyterian Church and Rectory, also known as Whitespires, is a historic church building in Albany, Oregon, United States. It was built in 1891 in the Carpenter Gothic style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979...
  
   (Whitespires) (1891), 510 SW 5th Ave., Albany
  Albany, Oregon
  Albany is the eleventh largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon, and is the county seat of Linn County. It is located in the Willamette Valley at the confluence of the Calapooia River and the Willamette River in both Linn and Benton counties, just east of Corvallis and south of Salem. It is...
  
  , with H. C. Chamberlain
• Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, 260 12th St. SE, Salem

Other projects

• The former Salem City Hall (1893), demolished 1972 after a bond measure to preserve it failed, corner of High and Chemeketa streets
• The dome of the second Oregon State Capitol
  Oregon State Capitol
  The Oregon State Capitol is the building housing the state legislature and the offices of the governor, secretary of state, and treasurer of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located in the state capital, Salem. The current building, constructed from 1936 to 1938, and expanded in 1977, is the third...
  
  , which burned in 1935
• LeBreton Cottage (1908) at Fairview Training Center
  Fairview Training Center
  The Fairview Training Center was a state-run facility for people with developmental disabilities in Salem, Oregon, United States. Fairview was established in 1907 as the State Institution for the Feeble-Minded. The hospital opened on December 1, 1908 with 39 patients transferred from the Oregon...
  
  

External links

• Images of works by Pugh from the University of Oregon digital archives