Editing Hillsboro, Oregon (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Walters Cultural Arts Center sign sunny - Hillsboro, Oregon.JPG|thumb|upright|left|alt=The Walters Cultural Arts Center is a two-story building with the first level built of a reddish-purple colored stone.|Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center]]
Within the city are two commercial movie theaters with a total of 29 screens. Until its closure in 2017,<ref name="hills-trib-2017aug25">{{cite news |last=Pursinger |first=Geoff |title=Venetian Theatre sale falls through |newspaper=[[Hillsboro Tribune]] |date=August 25, 2017 |page=A7 |url=http://www.pamplinmedia.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/369940-253201-venetian-theatre-sale-falls-through |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109022305/https://pamplinmedia.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/369940-253201-venetian-theatre-sale-falls-through |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |url-status=dead |access-date=March 12, 2021}}</ref> one historic theater had also remained in operation: the [[Venetian Theatre]], which had re-opened at the site of the old Town Theater in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews%2F1215802219280430.xml&coll=6 |title=Venetian Theatre opens (at last) |last=Gordanier |first=Susan |date=July 11, 2008 |work=The Hillsboro Argus |access-date=November 24, 2008 |publisher=The Oregonian |archive-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609104818/http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews%2F1215802219280430.xml&coll=6 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Oregon Chorale]] (a 60-person symphonic choir),<ref>{{cite news |title=Metro South Neighbors: Group offers more than singalongs |last=Puterbaugh |first=Candy |date=August 2, 2007 |work=The Oregonian |page=17}}</ref> a men's [[Barbershop music|barbershop]] chorus,<ref>{{cite news |title=West Zoner: Concerts bring crowds to Hillsboro park |last=Campbell |first=Polly |date=July 8, 2004 |work=The Oregonian |page=2}}</ref> the [[Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra]], and the [[Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre]] are also located in Hillsboro.<ref name=culture>{{cite news |title=Think minutes, not hours, in finding entertainment |date=October 28, 2007 |work=The Oregonian |page=S10}}</ref> The orchestra was founded in 2001 under the direction of [[Stefan Minde]].<ref>{{cite news |title=West Zoner: Highlights, lowlights and other dubious achievements of the year 2001 |date=December 27, 2001 |work=The Oregonian |page=1}}</ref> In 2004, the city opened the [[Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center]] in a remodeled church in downtown.<ref name="suh2008"/> The center provides space for galleries and performances, as well as classrooms for art instruction.<ref name="suh2008"/> The [[Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals]] is located on the northern edge of the city.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=32030 |title=Museum aims to spread the word about rocks |last=Hansen |first=Ellen |date=November 8, 2005 |work=[[Portland Tribune]] |access-date=February 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126071701/http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=32030 |archive-date=January 26, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Five Oaks Museum (at the time Washington County Museum) was located in downtown Hillsboro from 2012 to 2017, and later moved back to its previous location, at the Rock Creek campus of [[Portland Community College]], just northeast of Hillsboro.<ref name="exit-downtown">{{cite news |last=Howard |first=John William |title=County museum will exit downtown Hillsboro |newspaper=Hillsboro Tribune |date=September 7, 2017 |url=http://portlandtribune.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/371397-255025-county-museum-will-exit-downtown-hillsboro |access-date=February 21, 2018 |archive-date=October 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018194249/http://portlandtribune.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/371397-255025-county-museum-will-exit-downtown-hillsboro |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Hillsboro's annual Fourth of July Parade is the second-largest Independence Day parade in Oregon.<ref>{{cite web |title=4th of July Parade |publisher=Hillsboro Rotary Club |date=2002 |url=http://www.hillsbororotary.org/ |access-date=January 5, 2009 |archive-date=April 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427165927/http://www.hillsbororotary.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A guide to a family Fourth of July |last=Loughran |first=Siobhan |date=June 29, 1990 |work=The Oregonian |page=E1}}</ref> The [[Oregon International Air Show]], Oregon's largest air show, is held each year during the summer at the Hillsboro Airport.<ref name=snapshot/> Each summer the city offers a free concert series at Shute Park (Showtime at Shute),<ref>{{cite news |title=Concerts bring crowds to Hillsboro park |last=Campbell |first=Polly |date=July 8, 2004 |work=The Oregonian}}</ref> while the Washington County Fair is held annually at the Westside Commons (county fairgrounds) adjacent to the airport.<ref>{{cite news |title=Preliminary fairgrounds plan mixes old and new |last=Gorman |first=Kathleen |date=October 11, 2007 |work=The Oregonian}}</ref> The name ''Westside Commons'' is a 2019 renaming of the Washington County Fairgrounds (also known as Fair Complex).<ref name="renames fair complex">{{cite news |last=Wong |first=Peter |title=Washington County names event center, renames fair complex |url=https://pamplinmedia.com/bvt/15-news/433925-343961-washington-county-names-event-center-renames-fair-complex |work=[[Beaverton Valley Times]] |date=July 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721232102/https://pamplinmedia.com/bvt/15-news/433925-343961-washington-county-names-event-center-renames-fair-complex |archive-date=July 21, 2019 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 18, 2021}}</ref> A new {{cvt|89,000|ft2|m2|adj=on}}<ref name="breaks ground event center">{{cite news |last=Wong |first=Peter |title=Washington County breaks ground for Event Center |url=https://portlandtribune.com/bvt/15-news/407693-305959-washington-county-breaks-ground-for-event-center |work=[[Beaverton Valley Times]] |date=September 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018130140/https://pamplinmedia.com/bvt/15-news/407693-305959-washington-county-breaks-ground-for-event-center |archive-date=October 18, 2021 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 18, 2021}}</ref> conference center and exhibition hall, known as the Wingspan Event & Conference Center,<ref name="renames fair complex"/> opened at the Commons in August 2020,<ref name="new courts">{{cite news |last=Egener |first=Max |title=New courts set up at Westside Commons to deal with case backlog |url=https://pamplinmedia.com/bvt/15-news/433925-343961-washington-county-names-event-center-renames-fair-complex |newspaper=[[News-Times (Forest Grove, Oregon)|News-Times]] |edition=Hillsboro |date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101083311/https://pamplinmedia.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/485646-391240-new-courts-set-up-at-westside-commons-to-deal-with-case-backlog |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 18, 2021}}</ref> replacing buildings demolished in 2018.

Hillsboro operates two library branches. Opened in 2007 after a smaller location was closed, the {{cvt|38000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} main branch is located in the north-central section of the city.<ref>{{cite news |title=Metro West Neighbors: Residents flock to new main library east of Hillsboro airport |last=Suh |first=Elizabeth |date=September 20, 2007 |work=The Oregonian |page=9}}</ref> The older, smaller second branch is in Shute Park in the southwest area of the city. The [[Hillsboro Public Library|Hillsboro libraries]] are part of [[Washington County Cooperative Library Services]], which allows residents to use other libraries in the county and includes [[interlibrary loan]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hillsboro.plinkit.org/ |title=Welcome to the Hillsboro Public Library |publisher=Hillsboro Public Library |access-date=October 12, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20080923094219/http://www.hillsboro.plinkit.org/ |archive-date=September 23, 2008}}</ref>

===Registered Historic Places===
Properties listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP) in and around Hillsboro include the [[Old Scotch Church]], completed in 1876 north of the city.<ref name=onrl>{{cite web |url=http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf |title=Oregon National Register List |date=January 5, 2009 |publisher=[[Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation]] |page=47 |access-date=August 13, 2009 |archive-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609105953/http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Near the Orenco neighborhood is [[Imbrie Farm]], which includes a house built in 1866 and the Frank Imbrie Barn, both of which [[McMenamins]] converted for use as a [[brewpub]].<ref name=onrl/><ref name="MCM">{{cite web |title=Cornelius Pass Roadhouse |publisher=McMenamins' |url=http://www.mcmenamins.com/bin/history.CPR.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025175516/http://www.mcmenamins.com/bin/history.CPR.pdf |archive-date=October 25, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Built in 1935, the [[Harold Wass Ray House]] is near Intel's Hawthorn Farm campus.<ref name=onrl/> [[List of Registered Historic Places in Oregon#Washington County|Historic properties]] in downtown include the [[Zula Linklater House]] (completed 1923), [[Rice–Gates House]] (1890), [[Edward Schulmerich House]] ({{Circa|1915}}), and [[Charles Shorey House]] (c. 1908).<ref name=onrl/> The [[Richard and Helen Rice House]] is adjacent to the Sunset Highway on the north side of the city and houses the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals.<ref name=onrl/> The [[Washington County Jail (Oregon)|Old Washington County Jail]] had been at the Washington County Fairgrounds (now known as the [[Westside Commons (Hillsboro, Oregon)|Westside Commons]]) in the city,<ref name=onrl/> but was restored and moved to the [[Five Oaks Museum]] outside the city in 2004, and was de-listed from the NRHP in 2008.<ref name=lockup>{{cite news |title=West Zoner: A lockup to lure 'em in |last=Mandel |first=Michelle |date=May 13, 2004 |work=The Oregonian |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20090102.HTM |title=January 2, 2009 |work=[[National Register of Historic Places]] Listings |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |access-date=January 7, 2009 |archive-date=January 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111094118/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20090102.HTM |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2007, the [[Manning–Kamna Farm]] was added to the NRHP and includes 10 buildings, dating to as early as 1883.<ref>{{cite news |author=Trappen, Michelle |title=Farm near Hillsboro named historic |work=The Oregonian |date=October 26, 2007}}</ref> The [[Malcolm McDonald House]] in Orenco was added to the Registry in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weekly Listings: January 23, 2015 |url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20150123.htm |website=National Register of Historic Places |publisher=U.S. National Park Service |access-date=January 26, 2015 |archive-date=April 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429123232/http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20150123.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Landmarks===
Landmarks in Hillsboro include the [[Washington County Courthouse (Oregon)|Washington County Courthouse]], the seat of county government.<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Jill |date=November 4, 2004 |title=West Zoner Beaverton: Art straddles boundary between past, present |page=2 |work=The Oregonian}}</ref> Along the western edge of the city is [[Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery]], established in 1870, which serves as the final resting place of city pioneers and politicians.<ref name="hpc">{{cite news |date=October 19, 1976 |title=Life Styles: Historic names mark old gravestones |page=5 |work=The Hillsboro Argus}}</ref> Next to the airport is the Westside Commons (known as the Washington County Fairgrounds, or Fair Complex, until 2019), home to the annual county fair.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Washington County Fair Complex |url=http://www.faircomplex.com/index.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014052012/http://faircomplex.com/index.php |archive-date=October 14, 2007 |access-date=October 8, 2007 |publisher=Washington County Fair Complex}}</ref> Located at [[Shute Park (Oregon)|Shute Park]] was the {{cvt|25|ft|adj=on}} tall wood sculpture ''[[Chief Kno-Tah]]'', donated to Hillsboro and dedicated in 1987 as part of [[Peter Wolf Toth]]'s [[Trail of the Whispering Giants]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Keepfer |first=Scott |date=June 25, 2002 |title=Finding the Toths |page=3D |work=The Greenville News}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Geeslin |first=Ned |author2=Cable Neuhaus |date=September 5, 1988 |title=Peter Toth has heads–up works in every state, so Canada is next |journal=[[People (magazine)|People]] |publisher=Time Inc. |page=133}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Chief Kno-Tah |url=https://www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/city-services-overview/cultural-arts/public-art-program/public-art-gallery/chief-kno-tah |access-date=January 10, 2014 |work=Parks & Recreation |publisher=City of Hillsboro |archive-date=April 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404045351/https://www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/city-services-overview/cultural-arts/public-art-program/public-art-gallery/chief-kno-tah |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Chidester |first=Bill |date=September 29, 1987 |title='No-Tah' statue dedicated |newspaper=The Hillsboro Argus}}</ref> Due to storm damage, it was removed in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pursinger |first=Geoff |date=June 15, 2017 |title=No more Kno-Tah. Statue removed early Thursday morning from Shute Park |newspaper=[[Hillsboro Tribune]] |url=http://www.pamplinmedia.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/363293-243749-no-more-kno-tah-statue-removed-early-thursday-morning-from-shute-park |access-date=June 22, 2017 |archive-date=January 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127092851/https://pamplinmedia.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/363293-243749-no-more-kno-tah-statue-removed-early-thursday-morning-from-shute-park |url-status=live }}</ref>

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File:Washington County Courthouse and grounds - Hillsboro, Oregon.jpg|The [[Washington County Courthouse (Oregon)|Washington County Courthouse]]
File:Hillsboro, Oregon (November 2020) - 10.jpg|Morgan and Bailey Building
File:Hillsboro, Oregon (November 2020) - 26.jpg|Hill Theatre, now an antique mall
File:Imbrie Farm farmhouse - Hillsboro Oregon.jpg|The [[Imbrie Farm|Imbrie House]]
File:Malcolm McDonald House - Hillsboro, Oregon (2017).jpg|[[Malcolm McDonald House]]
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