The Pioneer Mothers Memorial Cabin Museum is located six miles from

St. Paul, Oregon St. Paul is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States. It is named after the Saint Paul Mission founded by Archbishop François Norbert Blanchet, who arrived in the Oregon Country in 1838 to minister to the Catholic inhabitants of French Pr ...

, United States within the Champoeg State Heritage Area. The cabin was built by the Oregon State Society,

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and opened in 1931 to honor early pioneer mothers. The

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includes a main living room, two small bedrooms and a sleeping loft, and is representative of the type of log cabin built by early pioneers. The house has been furnished with authentic articles donated by the descendants of pioneer families, including a collapsible heating stove, weapons, mid-19th century decorations, china, glassware and furnishings. Between 2013 and 2015 the Cabin was moved to the Newell Pioneer Village complex, next to the Newell House Museum.

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Historic house museums in Oregon Museums in Marion County, Oregon 1931 establishments in Oregon Houses in Marion County, Oregon Oregon's Most Endangered Places {{Oregon-stub

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