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The Full Gospel Assembly Church building is the only Spanish Colonial Revival non-residential building remaining in downtown Corvallis. It is the only church building remaining on this portion of 4th Street, which at one time boasted numerous churches. The church is intact and is a good but simplified example of the style. 

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The J. C. Avery Building, although altered to a great extent, is historically significant as Corvallis' oldest commercial building. The building is also associated with J. C. Avery, Corvallis' founder. Built in the 1850's, the building once served as a supply headquarters for miners heading south to the gold fields. The J.C. Avery Building is one of only three commercial buildings in downtown Corvallis to predate 1880. Since the 19th Century, the function of the building as a hardware and implement store has not changed. 

Rental properties are required to be registered with the City of Corvallis and subject to an annual rental housing fee. The fee increases by $1 every odd year. In light of the health pandemic, the fee will remain $15 until 2023. In 2023, the fee will increase to $16 per unit. The rental housing fee offsets costs associated with efforts to:

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"Stephen Dow Beckham, 1976 

The Henderson Business Machine Building located on the site of the former Territorial Capitol of Oregon In Corvallis, Oregon, was erected about 1880. The building appears as a ""General Store"" on the Sanborn Insurance Map of Corvallis in 1884. 

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Built in 1911. Corvallis' oldest auto garage. When it was built it was called the largest and most up-to-date garage in the state. Built by the Corvallis and Philomath Auto Company. Manager was C.O. Hathaway who sold Overland cars. The building was "fireproof" but none-the-less suffered a fire shortly after it was completed. Today the building has been extensively remodeled. Early photographs of this building illustrate how early auto garages resembled livery stables in appearance.

Significance

"Stephen Dow Beckham, 1976 

The A.J.'s Photo Lab Building is a rectangular, two-story, brick building located at the southwest corner of southwest Second and southwest Jefferson Streets in Corvallis, Oregon. This building is of brick construction but has been covered with an exterior of stucco. The fenestration has been altered on both the first and second floors. The original detail surviving is located on the second floor of the east (front) elevation and in the facade around the roof above the second floor on the east and north elevations. 

Significance

"Stephen Dow Beckham in 1976 

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One of three remaining historic hotels in downtown Corvallis, the Hotel Corvallis is a fine example of Italian Renaissance architecture executed in brick with cast "stone" ornamentation. The building has functioned as a hotel since its opening in 1927. (Corvallis experienced considerable growth in the 1920's.) The hotel was built to replace the wooden Occidental building, thus continuing a hotel tradition in the locality since 1880. The location of the hotel is vital to the historic downtown core of Corvallis. 

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Built in 1907. Simplified Romanesque Style. Only example in Corvallis' business district although examples do exist on the OSU Campus. The building served as a bank continuously from 1907 to 1957. It has also served as Benton County National Bank, First Corvallis Bank, First National Bank of Oregon, and Citizen's Bank of Corvallis. Other businesses in the building included a drug store, shoe repair, barber shop, and turkish baths in the basement.