| Properties Recently Listed in the National Register of Historic Places |
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Full text nominations for Oregon properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places within the last six months can be found below. If a property is not listed below, please contact Tracy Zeller at (503) 986-0690 for an electronic or paper copy.
A complete list of inventoried and National Register-listed properties is available online through the Oregon Historic Sites Database.
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| Oregon Caves Boundary Increase, Cave Junction, Josephine Co., listed 1-12-2012 |
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The Lake Mountain Trail, Big Tree Trail, Cliff Nature Trail and No Name Trail, located within the Oregon Caves Historic District boundary increase nomination are Oregon’s latest entries in the National Register of Historic Places. The Oregon Caves National Monument consists of 480 acres and lies deep within the Siskiyou Mountains of southwest Oregon. This property was originally listed in the National Register in 1992. The four trails were either built or reconstructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during their work at Oregon Caves National Monument from 1934 to 1941. The Lake Mountain Trail, Big Tree Trail, Cliff Nature Trail, and No Name Trail were selected for inclusion in this boundary increase because they retain many of the rustic design principles originally utilized by the CCC.
These four trails are important as they represent National Park Service (NPS) efforts to provide access by foot to remote areas within the monument for recreational day use. The completion of a road to the monument in 1922 led to increased visitation, and the subsequent development of a trail system for increasing day use beginning in 1934 responded to a greater need for recreational activities that could be accomplished in conjunction with a cave tour.
The trails are also important for their landscape architecture because they represent efforts by the NPS to arrange the land for human use and enjoyment. Trails were adapted to blend with their natural surroundings and at the same time to be cohesive with the rustic architectural theme of buildings constructed on the monument. Trails provided the dual function of preserving undeveloped areas of the monument by concentrating pedestrians on certain footpaths designed to minimize confusion while stimulating interest through use of a circuit designed according to established principles.
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| Winn Barn, Weston vcty, Umatilla Co., Listed 12/30/2011 |
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 Located just north of Weston, the Winn Barn is a gothic-arch roof, two-story barn that is regarded as an impressive architectural fixture within the greater Weston community. Constructed in 1916, the barn is the best-known and an outstanding example of early sawed-rafter gothic-arch roof construction in Umatilla County. The construction of the Winn Barn in 1916 was the result of years of agricultural engineering experimentation in barn roof construction during the early twentieth century as well as public education by state agricultural colleges and agricultural extension services supported by the passage of key United States legislation for the study of improved agricultural practices. An early example of modern gothic-arch roof design, the Winn Barn’s construction at an early date foreshadowed the popularity of the gothic-arch roof barn design in the coming decades. With its ability to provide the maximum amount of storage space coupled with unfettered access around the barn’s loft, the gothic-arch roof barn design quickly proved extremely popular among farmers across the United States through the 1940s.
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| Weston School, Weston, Umatilla Co., Listed 12/30/2011 |
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 Centrally located at the top of a steep hill in the city of Weston, the grounds of Weston School have served in a range of educational capacities throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Buildings on the grounds of Weston School date from as early as 1882 and have been home to the Weston Methodist Academy, the Eastern Oregon State Normal School, and several local public schools. The site has been used as a local public school since 1911, when the local high school moved into the old Eastern Oregon State Normal School building. A new school building constructed of brick during 1926-27 housed students of both Weston Grade School and Weston High School for many years before consolidation with nearby Athena in 1973. Since the late nineteenth century, additions to existing structures and new buildings were added to the grounds to accommodate growth in the school’s student population. These multiple buildings are the best and only remaining in the community to convey the property’s important association with education in Weston.
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| Portland Service Building, Portland, Mulnomah Co., Listed 10/25/2011 |
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The Portland Public Service Building in downtown Portland is Oregon’s latest entry in the National Register of Historic Places. Although the 30-year old building does not meet the 50-year guideline for listing in the Register, the building was recognized for its exceptional importance in the field of architecture.
Constructed in 1982, the Portland Public Service Building is an early and seminal work of Post-Modern Classicism, an American Style defined by internationally-known master architect Michael Graves through his early work. When the Portland Building project was awarded to Michael Graves in 1980 the design immediately ignited a national conversation about Post-Modern architecture in trade magazines such as Architectural Record and Archetype, and general national publications such as People, Time, and Newsweek.
Both revered and reviled, the fifteen-story monumental structure was ground-breaking for its rejection of “universal” Modernist principals embodied in the glass and concrete boxes of the early 20th century in favor of the bold and symbolic color, well-defined volumes, and stylized- and reinterpreted-classical elements such as pilasters, garlands, and keystones to create a building that was physically and symbolically tied to place, its use, and the Western architectural tradition. In 1985 the building’s design was fully realized when the hammered copper statue Portlandia by well-known sculptor Raymond Kaskey was placed on its pedestal above the main entry in 1985.
While criticism of the building’s structural adequacy and aesthetic continue, its design is still studied by students of design and architecture. The Portland Building gained and still demands such immediate attention as one of a handful of high-profile building designs that defined Post-Modern Classicism in the United States between the mid-1960s and the 1980s including Charles Moore’s Piazza d’Italia in New Orleans (1978) and Philip Johnson’s AT&T Building in New York (1984), among other works.
Oregon’s State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation recommended the building’s nomination in June 2011. More than 560 historic Portland properties are now listed in the National Register, which is maintained by the National Park Service under the authority of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.
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| Andrus, Jerry, House, Albany, Linn County, Listed 10/25/2011 |
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The1893 Andrus House is an excellent example of Victorian-era design, which was popular in the Willamette Valley between 1885 and 1895. The building features a steeply-pitched multiple-gable roof, veranda, turned posts with diagonal braces, and decorative Eastlake- and Stick-style elements such as rows of spool and spindle work and knobs, turned columns, circular perforations and cutouts, sunbursts and curved brackets, and Moorish keyhole windows. These eclectic homes were popularized by period pattern-and-plan books that spread “high style” exotic Victorian taste to small communities across the United States.
Called the “Castle of Chaos” by its former long-time resident and world-renowned magician of illusions, Jerry Andrus, the home served as the center of Andrus’ magic inventions and as a physical prop to help conjure up a sense of mystery via the exotic Moorish keyhole windows. The building figured prominently in Andrus’ publicity shots, and Andrus entertained other world-renowned magicians at the home, including David Copperfield, Penn and Teller, and a number of other talented performers.
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| Springdale School, Corbett vcty, Multnomah Co., Listed 10/25/2011 |
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 The Springdale School was designed in a modest interpretation of the Art Deco style by Portland architect Claud Freeman and built in 1931 to replace an earlier school that served the community of Springdale and surrounding area. The construction of the school in 1931 and additions built in subsequent years physically shows how the population of the area grew during the mid-twentieth century. The building served as a school for Springdale District #25 housing grades one through eight, from 1931 through the 1950s. In 1960, the building was converted into an elementary school after Multnomah County voted to consolidate school districts, and continued in this capacity until 1996. During this period, the building served not only as a school, but also as a community center and gathering place for residents in the surrounding area.
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| Bowers, George & Hetty, House, Portland, Multnomah Co, Listed 09/23/2011 |
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The George W. and Hetty A. Bowers House is an example of a residential structure made of poured concrete, a construction method proponed by Thomas Edison in the early-twentieth century as an efficient and cost-effective method for building single-family homes. Unlike houses constructed of concrete blocks, poured-concrete houses were fairly rare because the concrete forms needed to create the walls were expensive and it was difficult to alter these buildings after construction. The Bowers House is one of only three known early-twentieth century Portland houses constructed using this method. The Bowers House is a two-story foursquare design, similar to the plan patented by Edison, though it includes unique classical details. Due to its notable and experimental construction and design, the Bowers House is a good example of a middle-class adaption of poured-concrete housing in the Classical Revival style.
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| Powers, Ira F. Warehouse & Factory, Portland, Listed August 31, 2011 |
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Constructed in 1925, the Ira F. Powers Warehouse and Factory was designed by the Portland architecture firm of Claussen & Claussen as a large modern industrial plant -receiving and shipping products by ship, train, and truck. Recognized for its association with Portland’s once booming furniture industry, the waterfront building was the center of self-made businessman Ira F. Power’s vertically integrated manufacturing process, which involved the direct purchase of local timber and the milling, assembly, finishing and final shipping of an unusually broad range of home décor. The building is one of the last remaining buildings associated with one of the City’s most important early-twentieth century industries.
Closed in 1933, the factory remained vacant until World War II. Aggressive recruiting by shipbuilder Kaiser Industries brought thousands of workers to the city’s shipyards in support of the war effort. Due to a critical housing shortage, in 1943 the Housing Authority of Portland converted the building into a barracks-style housing and reception center for defense workers. One of three of such buildings, the Powers Warehouse and Factory is the only building remaining and one of the very few tangible links to Portland’s WWII history.
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