For the last few decades, 1433 Santiam Road in Albany was the address of Owl Hoot Ornaments, the place to go if you wanted a concrete bird bath, say, or even a garden gnome. The business is gone, and an apartment complex is proposed to be built there instead.
Owl Hoot Ornaments was started by Harlo Jerald Clifton and his wife, Mary. After they died in 2013, members of their family kept the business going.
I don’t know when it closed. A Google map dated in 2025 still shows the business name. It also shows the property full of various kinds of garden sculptures and ornaments scattered among the house and outbuildings on the 1.4-acre lot…