614 3rd St

1971-01-10 Tilicum Club holds grand re-opening of Cheney Historical Museum in the former Instructional Media Center of the school district administration on 4th and C (later renamed the Wren Pierson building). 175 people attend.

In 1977, the residents of Cheney voted for in a bond of $75,000 to convert the old school district machine shop and bus garage into a community center. The following year, the Cheney Environmental Association and Tilicum Club, which had started a recycling program by the Red Barn a few years earlier, convinced the city council to allow them to move the recycling center into the Third Street level of the community center. Mayor Blakely was said to have remarked, “Oh, let the ladies have their recycling center, it won’t last long.” And so, inadvertently, Gerald Blakely kicked off what has become a very successful, and long lasting recycling program in Cheney.

1978-12 The recycling center moves into the lower level (3rd street) of the Wren Pierson building.

1981: The Cheney Historical Museum relocates to 614 3rd Street. The City of Cheney generously provides space and utilities. The museum is located in a city owned building, the 1937

2004-01-15        A burst pipe from the community center, showers water into the Cheney Historical Museum, flooding the main room and causing damage to a number of artifacts. The Museum is closed for repair & restoration.

2005-05-02        The Cheney Historical Museum holds its grand re-opening after flood damage from the winter before.

2009-01-06        The Cheney Historical Museum is evacuated out of the lower level of the Wren Pierson Bldg after 3 days of intense packing by many volunteers, and put into emergency storage at City Hall and Cheney Public Storage.

2020-09-10: Cheney Historical Museum relocated from 420 1st Street back into 612 3rd Street.