Corvallis Arts Center, Art center in downtown Corvallis, United States.
The Corvallis Arts Center occupies the 1889 Church of the Good Samaritan, a Carpenter Gothic building moved to its present site in 1970 and listed on the National Register in 1971. Wallis Nash, an English lawyer who came to Corvallis for the railroad, built it with materials salvaged from the Chapel of the Good Samaritan.
The building was constructed in 1889 as a Gothic church and later repurposed as an arts center. It earned recognition on the National Register of Historic Places while maintaining its original architectural character.
The building began as the Chapel of the Good Samaritan, whose name was carried over when Wallis Nash built the 1889 church from materials salvaged from the original school chapel. Bishop Benjamin Wistar Morris proposed the name that same year and the vestry approved it.
The Arts Center occupies the 1889 Carpenter Gothic church moved to its present site in 1970; the building sits near downtown Corvallis and is entered from the street. Exhibitions and the ArtShop share the ground floor, so a single visit covers both. Workshops and first-Thursday artist gatherings run alongside the displays.
The Poetry Marquee and Alley Art Walking Tour connect this venue to a network of public art installations scattered throughout downtown Corvallis. This system transforms the surrounding streets and passages into an extended gallery experience.
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