The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Herman Metzger platted the community, which was actively marketed from 1908–1909. The main line of the Oregon Electric Railway passed through the community, and had a stop that was located off Locust Street east of Jefferson.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Metzger’s history is told.
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Before
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
1 historic place in Metzger
1 place in Metzger is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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In Oregonby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 building
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
2historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
2020first listedFogelbo House
Where they are
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Buildings
When they were listed
The Register began in 1966.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.