Editing Baker City, Oregon (section)

===Museums and other points of interest===
[[Image:Baker City, OR — Baker City Hall (2021-08-15), 01.jpg|right|thumb|Baker City Hall]]

The [[Baker Historic District]], on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], is located on about {{convert|42|acre|ha}} centered on Main Street in downtown Baker City. Within its boundaries are more than 130 properties, about half of which include structures built between the late 1880s and about 1915. Many of these as well as others built as early as 1870 are two-story masonry commercial buildings. The city hall, county courthouse, the former post office, former library, former social clubs, a Roman Catholic cathedral, and an Episcopal Church are among notable buildings within the district.<ref name="nom form intro">{{cite web|last = Van Duyn|first=James N.|title= Baker Historic District |url={{NRHP url|id=78002277}}|publisher=National Park Service|year= 1978|page=1|access-date=2012-03-16}}</ref>

[[Baker City Tower]], a nine-story structure in the historic district, is the tallest building east of the [[Cascade Range]] in Oregon.<ref name="nom form tower">{{cite web|last = Van Duyn|first=James N.|title= Baker Historic District |url={{NRHP url|id=78002277}}|publisher=National Park Service|year= 1978|page=59|access-date=2012-03-16}}</ref> Opening in 1929 as the Baker Community Hotel, it was converted to other uses in 1970.<ref name="cgt1">{{cite news |title=Remodeled Landmark At Baker Does Brisk Business As Hotel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26255163/corvallis_gazettetimes/ |access-date=December 16, 2018 |work=Corvallis Gazette-Times |location = Corvallis, Oregon|date=Dec 21, 1970 |page=36|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}  {{free_access}}</ref> The concrete [[Art Deco]] structure features [[terracotta]] eagles at each ground-floor entrance and is topped by an octagonal observation center with an eight-sided [[hip roof]] and a flagpole.<ref name="nom form tower"/>

[[File:Oregon Trail IC Baker City OR.jpg|right|thumb|Baker City is home to the [[National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center]].]] Also in the historic district is the [[Geiser Grand Hotel]], a three-story, stucco-clad, brick structure that at the time of its opening in 1889 had plate glass windows, electric lights, baths, an elevator, and a dining room that seated 200. Originally called the Washauer Hotel, it became the Geiser Grand in about 1895 after its purchase by the John Geiser family, which had large mining investments in Baker County and elsewhere.<ref name="nom form Geiser">{{cite web|last = Van Duyn|first=James N.|title= Baker Historic District |url={{NRHP url|id=78002277}}|publisher=National Park Service|year= 1978|page=10|access-date=2012-03-17}}</ref>

Baker Heritage Museum, previously the Oregon Trail Regional Museum, is housed in the [[Baker Municipal Natatorium|Natatorium]] built in 1920 on Grove street across from the city park. The exhibits interpret the history of the region including mining, ranching, timber, early Baker City life, Chinese culture, and wildlife. The Adler House Museum, the former home of [[Leo Adler]] is now the Baker Heritage Museum's largest artifact. Learn the story of Leo Adler, Baker City philanthropist who donated millions to the people of Baker County in his will. The Adler house has been restored to his original splendor with original furnishings and interiors.

The [[National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center]], about {{convert|5|mi|km}} east of the city, offers exhibits, theater performances, workshops, and other events and activities related to the [[Oregon Trail]], the ruts of which pass through the center's {{convert|500|acre|ha|adj=on}} site.<ref name="BLM brochure">{{cite web|title=National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center|url=http://www.blm.gov/or/oregontrail/files/about-NHOTIC.pdf|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|access-date=2012-03-16}}</ref> Established in 1992,<ref name="bluebook" /> the site is managed by the federal [[Bureau of Land Management]] and Trail Tenders, a group of volunteers.<ref name="BLM brochure" />

Other points of interest in Baker City include the Crossroads Art Center, in a former [[Carnegie library]];<ref>{{cite web|title=About Crossroads |url=http://www.crossroads-arts.org/about.html |publisher=Crossroads Art Center |access-date=2012-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314144641/http://www.crossroads-arts.org/about.html |archive-date=March 14, 2012 }}</ref> the downtown [[U.S. Bank]], featuring a gold display that includes the [[Armstrong Nugget]], weighing {{convert|80.4|oz|kg}};<ref>{{cite news|last=Richard|first=Terry|title=Don't Ask to Hold the Gold Nugget at Baker City|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/terryrichard/2009/08/dont_ask_to_hold_the_gold_nugg.html|work=The Oregonian|publisher=Oregon Live LLC|date=2009-08-01|access-date=2012-03-16}}</ref> the Eltrym, Baker City's only movie theater, housed in a single-story structure built in the late 1940s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baker Heritage Museum |publisher=Oregon Museums Association |url=http://www.oregonmuseums.org/sectionindex.asp?sectionid=84 |access-date=2012-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621073645/http://www.oregonmuseums.org/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=84 |archive-date=2012-06-21 }}</ref>