Roughly bounded by Cemetery Rd., Bobs Ave., and Liberty St., Aurora, Oregon. County/parish: Marion.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 16, 1974. NRIS 74001696.
41 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.
Aurora Colony, also called Aurora Mills, was a Christian utopian communal society founded in 1856 by William Keil in modern-day Aurora, Oregon, US. At its peak in 1868, the Aurora Colony had about 600 people and 15,000 acres (6,100 ha) of land. The colony, along with Keil's previously established Bethel colony, was formally dissolved in 1883. In 1974, about 150 acres (61 ha) and 12 buildings of the former colony were inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places as parts of the Aurora Colony Historic District.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77850216