Banks residents fight to preserve 105-year-old building that could be demolished

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Residents of a small Oregon town are urgently fighting to preserve a historic property that is slated to be torn down.

The Banks Historical Society launched its campaign to save the former Banks Union High School on Tuesday. The 105-year-old building could soon be demolished, more than a year after voters approved a bond measure that allocated $49.3 million toward renovating some parts of the campus and replacing others to construct a new, two-story facility for classrooms.