Exploring Oregon's Historic House Museums
Oregon's historic house museums are time capsules that preserve our past domestic life. As Kathleen Wiederhold shows in this informative and entertaining guide, historic houses provide a place to experience the architecture and artifacts of the most intimate part of our lives, the home.

Each of the historic house museums featured is unique in its place and time. The book covers houses built from 1841 to 1936, from a hewn log cabin in the high desert to a grand mansion in the state's most populated city. The houses, many of which are on the National Register of Historic Places, span the economic spectrum from poor to wealthy, and include those belonging to noteworthy Oregonians, from John McLoughlin to Wayne Morse. All are open to the public.

The author introduces readers to more than fifty historic house musuems in towns and cities from Astoria to Baker City. Each profile includes

  • a fascinating history of the people who built and lived in the house.
  • detailed descriptions of exterior and interior features, including architectural styles, floorplans, and furnishings,
  • a step-by-step tour of the house with tips on what to see,
  • and visitor information such as directions, operating hours, and nearby attractions.
Historic house museums showcase both ordinary and unusual objects that Oregonians used in everyday life. They provide glimpses of people's lives in the places where they lived. They also reflect on the course of the state's settlement and development. this engaging guide explains these dwellings and tells their stories. Photographs of both the exteriors and interiors bring the houses alive. For history buffs, old house enthusiasts, antique aficionados, and cultural tourists, this book is an excellent introduction to Oregon's heritage houses.

About the Author:
Kathleen M. Wiederhold has spent more than twenty years researching Oregon's historic houses and buildings. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

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Exploring Oregon's Historic House Museums
Oregon's historic house museums are time capsules that preserve our past domestic life. As Kathleen Wiederhold shows in this informative and entertaining guide, historic houses provide a place to experience the architecture and artifacts of the most intimate part of our lives, the home.

Each of the historic house museums featured is unique in its place and time. The book covers houses built from 1841 to 1936, from a hewn log cabin in the high desert to a grand mansion in the state's most populated city. The houses, many of which are on the National Register of Historic Places, span the economic spectrum from poor to wealthy, and include those belonging to noteworthy Oregonians, from John McLoughlin to Wayne Morse. All are open to the public.

The author introduces readers to more than fifty historic house musuems in towns and cities from Astoria to Baker City. Each profile includes

  • a fascinating history of the people who built and lived in the house.
  • detailed descriptions of exterior and interior features, including architectural styles, floorplans, and furnishings,
  • a step-by-step tour of the house with tips on what to see,
  • and visitor information such as directions, operating hours, and nearby attractions.
Historic house museums showcase both ordinary and unusual objects that Oregonians used in everyday life. They provide glimpses of people's lives in the places where they lived. They also reflect on the course of the state's settlement and development. this engaging guide explains these dwellings and tells their stories. Photographs of both the exteriors and interiors bring the houses alive. For history buffs, old house enthusiasts, antique aficionados, and cultural tourists, this book is an excellent introduction to Oregon's heritage houses.

About the Author:
Kathleen M. Wiederhold has spent more than twenty years researching Oregon's historic houses and buildings. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

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Exploring Oregon's Historic House Museums

Exploring Oregon's Historic House Museums

by Kathleen M. Wiederhold
Exploring Oregon's Historic House Museums

Exploring Oregon's Historic House Museums

by Kathleen M. Wiederhold

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Oregon's historic house museums are time capsules that preserve our past domestic life. As Kathleen Wiederhold shows in this informative and entertaining guide, historic houses provide a place to experience the architecture and artifacts of the most intimate part of our lives, the home.

Each of the historic house museums featured is unique in its place and time. The book covers houses built from 1841 to 1936, from a hewn log cabin in the high desert to a grand mansion in the state's most populated city. The houses, many of which are on the National Register of Historic Places, span the economic spectrum from poor to wealthy, and include those belonging to noteworthy Oregonians, from John McLoughlin to Wayne Morse. All are open to the public.

The author introduces readers to more than fifty historic house musuems in towns and cities from Astoria to Baker City. Each profile includes

  • a fascinating history of the people who built and lived in the house.
  • detailed descriptions of exterior and interior features, including architectural styles, floorplans, and furnishings,
  • a step-by-step tour of the house with tips on what to see,
  • and visitor information such as directions, operating hours, and nearby attractions.
Historic house museums showcase both ordinary and unusual objects that Oregonians used in everyday life. They provide glimpses of people's lives in the places where they lived. They also reflect on the course of the state's settlement and development. this engaging guide explains these dwellings and tells their stories. Photographs of both the exteriors and interiors bring the houses alive. For history buffs, old house enthusiasts, antique aficionados, and cultural tourists, this book is an excellent introduction to Oregon's heritage houses.

About the Author:
Kathleen M. Wiederhold has spent more than twenty years researching Oregon's historic houses and buildings. She lives in Portland, Oregon.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780870714832
Publisher: Oregon State University Press
Publication date: 09/01/2000
Edition description: 1 ED
Pages: 286
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsvii
Introductionxi
Map of Oregonxv
Portland Area
Bybee-Howell House (Portland)1
Pittock Mansion (Portland)7
Ermatinger House (Oregon City)18
McLoughlin House (Oregon City)23
Rose Farm (Oregon City)30
Stevens-Crawford House (Oregon City)36
Tigard House (Tigard)42
Harlow House (Troutdale)46
Northern Willamette Valley
Map of Northern Willamette Valley51
Old Aurora Colony Museum: Kraus House & Steinbach Cabin (Aurora)52
Newell House (St. Paul)60
Foster Farm (Eagle Creek)66
Dibble House (Molalla)71
Hoover-Minthorn House (Newberg)76
Brunk House (Rickreall)82
Bush House (Salem)87
Deepwood Estate (Salem)97
Mission Mill Museum: Lee House, Parsonage & Boon House (Salem)105
Settlemier House (Woodburn)115
Southern Willamette Valley
Monteith House (Albany)122
Moyer House (Brownsville)128
Morse House (Eugene)133
Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House (Eugene)139
Lower Columbia River
Flippin House (Clatskanie)146
Caples House (Columbia City)153
Coast
Flavel House (Astoria)158
Lindgren Cabin (Astoria)167
Yaquina Bay Lighthouse (Newport)172
Seaside Museum: Butterfield Cottage (Seaside)178
Columbia Gorge
Fort Dalles Museum: Surgeons Quarters & Anderson Farmhouse (The Dalles)183
Rorick House (The Dalles)192
Eastern Oregon
Adler House (Baker City)198
Kam Wah Chung Museum (John Day)205
Frazier Farmstead Museum (Milton-Freewater)212
Southern Oregon
Hughes House (Cape Blanco)219
Drain House (Drain)226
Schmidt House (Grants Pass)232
Beekman House (Jacksonville)237
Kerbyville Museum: Naucke House (Kerby)245
Floed-Lane House (Roseburg)250
Southeastern Oregon
Fort Rock Valley Homestead Village Museum: Menkenmaier Cabin, Boedigheimer House, Webster Cabin, Belletable House (Fort Rock)254
Schminck Memorial Museum (Lakeview)263
Glossary271
Sources Consulted276
Index285
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