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Archive photo of April 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Peck Cottage at 1552 Court Street NE, Salem, OR, is next door to our home and was purchased in 2019. The cottage is within the Court Street Chemeketa Street Residential Historic District (nominated<\/a> and accepted in 1987 to the National Register of Historic Places<\/a> maintained by the U.S. National Park Service). The property was home to Willamette College’s football coach, George Sweetland, in 1911-23 and then to Morton & Jessie Peck 1923-73. Morton Peck <\/a>was Oregon’s foremost botanist. He wrote the definitive Manual of the Higher Plants of Oregon<\/em>.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nomination Form <\/a>states “[t]he Pecks are said to have maintained a beautiful garden on the property.” The property was used as a rental from 1973 until 2017, the gardens were destroyed and the cottage neglected and abused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I prefer gardening over football, so the main front lawn, or what’s left of it after plantings, is known as the Sweetland Plain. The house is referred to as Peck Cottage<\/strong> to celebrate Morton Peck and Botany. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tulip ‘Valery Gergiev<\/a>‘<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Photos of 2024 Peck Cottage Garden <\/a>includes some from our home, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

360\u00b0 Surround View<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here are 360\u00b0 panorama sof Peck Cottage as of Friday, March 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM PST. Note<\/em>: downloads are 80 MBs and your browser may take time to load the software necessary for surround-view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n