Editing Silverton, Oregon (section)

== Points of interest ==
[[Image:Homer Davenport self-portrait 1901.jpg|upright|thumb|Political cartoonist [[Homer Davenport]]'s self-portrait, November 1901]]

* Silverton is the gateway to [[Silver Falls State Park]], Oregon's largest state park. [[Town Square Park]] in downtown is a small park with a footbridge crossing Silverton Creek and a war memorial.
* The [[Oregon Garden]], an {{convert|80|acre|ha|adj=on}} botanical park, is in Silverton.
* Shrine of [[Bobbie the Wonder Dog]] replica of Bobbie and his 1920s era doghouse 
* [[Gordon House (Silverton, Oregon)|Gordon House]], located on the grounds of Silverton's [[Oregon Garden]], is the only house in the Pacific Northwest designed by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] which is open to the public. Gordon House was one of the last of Lloyd Wright's famed [[Usonian]] designs.
* Silverton has [[Murals of Silverton, Oregon|a number of outsized murals]], including [[Norman Rockwell]]'s ''The Four Freedoms'' originally painted on the side of a building located at 402 Main Street in Silverton, and visible from Second Street<ref>[http://www.silvertonor.com/murals/index.htm Silverton's Mural Society]</ref> In 2015, the original building was razed and, after abandoning hopes to salvage them, the murals were destroyed during demolition. However, community efforts replaced them with a new replica at 990 N. First St.<ref>[http://ourtownlive.com/ourtown/?p=5550 Our Town Newsletter]</ref>
* Every August, the Homer Davenport Community Festival celebrates Silverton's most famous citizen—writer, political cartoonist, and Arabian horse breeder [[Homer Davenport]] (1867–1912)—with exhibits, entertainment, an arts and crafts fair, rides, races, contests, a cartooning competition, a party, and a parade.
* The [[Palace Theatre (Silverton, Oregon)|Palace Theater]] in Silverton's Commercial Historic District is a movie theater constructed in the early 1900s. Originally called the Opera House, it has been showing motion pictures to the public since at least 1909. The Palace Theater has survived two fires, one in 1935 that destroyed a large portion of downtown,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/silverton/#.WmGw8_mnGM8|title = Silverton}}</ref> and the other in April 2012. The 2012 fire was mostly limited to the concession area, although the smoke damage was extensive and caused at least one other business to temporarily close.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20120412/NEWS/304120014/Will-show-go-after-Silverton-theater-fire-?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CNews |title= Will the show go on after Silverton theater fire? |work= [[Statesman Journal]] |access-date= April 13, 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The theater was later co-owned by the former mayor, [[Stu Rasmussen]], the first openly transgender mayor in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.palace-silverton.com/palacefire.html |title= Palace Theater - Fire Damage Report |publisher= Palace Theater |access-date =April 13, 2012}}</ref>