McDonald's - 15114 SE McLoughlin Blvd.

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McDonald's - 15114 SE McLoughlin Blvd.

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Hi,

Does anyone know anything about the history of the McDonald's in the Oak Grove area of Milwaukie, OR, located at 15114 SE McLoughlin Blvd.?

This was the original McD's in the Oak Grove area (it is presently located at 15870 SE McLoughlin Blvd). When it was new, it probably had no drive-through at first (the same story went for the landmark location of 9100 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR, when that location opened in 1963).

Why no drive-through at first? For one thing, the first McD's with the drive-through opened January 24, 1975 in Sierra Vista, AZ (the drive-thru concept was to quickly feed many of the soldiers coming from Ft. Huachuca, the military base in the city). Another thing, the street sign had a huge "M" (with the red "McDonald's Hamburgers" sign in the middle) that was used on all McD's dating from 1962 through the early '70s.

That all leads me to believe that the original building of the original Oak Grove McD's, w/o the drive-through, was demolished sometime around 1978 and then reconstructed (with the drive-through) on the same site.

Regards,



Ben Edge
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