This cache will take you to a former Corvallis railroad station. Although no trains ever went to it current spot, it did host trains at one time. This impressive structure was moved twice over its lifetime and has went through several reincarnations.
The depot was built in 1910 to replace a former wooden depot at Ninth and Washington in Corvallis. With the coming of the red Electric Interurban, the depot was moved in 1917 to Sixth and Monroe. It took 3 weeks to move the block building by mules to its new location. The Electric Interurban service ended in 1929. By 1933 all passenger service ended to Corvallis.
Its next reincarnation was in 1956 when Corvallis purchased the building to house the police department. By the early 1980's the city wanted demolish the "Red Electric Station". There came a public outcry.The solution was to move the building again to the along the Willamette River.
Thus, on May 16, 1982 it was moved in a single day to its current location. An addition was added to the river side of the station, without compromising the beauty of the building itself. It became a fine restaurant and was called Michael's Landing for many years. I personally eat here many times in the 1990's as I was a vendor at HP down the road. The restaurant closed sometime in 2008. A few other restaurants re-opened in the space but did not last long which did not bode well. The fate of the building was at risk.
In 2014, another restaurant opened in the building more befitting the train station theme. They painted a mural by the entrance with a Red Electric train at the station with an Oregon State Football theme.
Please enjoy this grand old building. The cache is not in the parking lot of the restaurant