McLoughlin house
Image courtesy of the Oregon State Library
713 Center Street
After being forced to resign from the Hudson's Bay Company, Dr. John McLoughlin purchased land in Oregon City and moved his family to this home which he had built in 1841. The house was originally located on the east side of Main Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets. Dr. McLoughin died in the house in 1857.
After passing from the family's ownership the house served as a lodging house and fell on hard times. In 1909 the Hawley Pulp and Paper Company wanted to expand their plant on Main Street and planned to demolish the house. A group of local residents came together and raised the funds to move the house to the top of the bluff, onto property McLoughlin had designated as space for a public park. The house was moved up the hill in 1909 and opened as a museum in 1910.
In 1941, the McLoughlin House was designated by Congress as a National Historic Site (the first in the West). It was added to the National Park System in 2003, as a unit of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. For additional information, visit the National Park Service's website at www.nps.gov/fova/historyculture/mcloughlin-house.htm
After being forced to resign from the Hudson's Bay Company, Dr. John McLoughlin purchased land in Oregon City and moved his family to this home which he had built in 1841. The house was originally located on the east side of Main Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets. Dr. McLoughin died in the house in 1857.
After passing from the family's ownership the house served as a lodging house and fell on hard times. In 1909 the Hawley Pulp and Paper Company wanted to expand their plant on Main Street and planned to demolish the house. A group of local residents came together and raised the funds to move the house to the top of the bluff, onto property McLoughlin had designated as space for a public park. The house was moved up the hill in 1909 and opened as a museum in 1910.
In 1941, the McLoughlin House was designated by Congress as a National Historic Site (the first in the West). It was added to the National Park System in 2003, as a unit of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. For additional information, visit the National Park Service's website at www.nps.gov/fova/historyculture/mcloughlin-house.htm
Barclay house
719 Center Street
In 1850, he and his wife Maria Pambrun Barclay and their seven children moved to Oregon City, where they became prominent in community affairs. Dr. Barclay served variously as mayor of Oregon City, superintendent of schools and the first coroner in Oregon, as well as a physician. Dr. and Mrs. Barclay are now buried in the Mountain View Cemetery in Oregon City.
Their home, built in 1849, remained in the Barclay family until the 1930's, when it was moved up the hill from the waterfront to its present location adjacent to the McLoughlin House. It was added to the National Park System in 2003, along with the McLoughlin House, as a unit of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. http://www.mcloughlinhouse.org/barclay.html
In 1850, he and his wife Maria Pambrun Barclay and their seven children moved to Oregon City, where they became prominent in community affairs. Dr. Barclay served variously as mayor of Oregon City, superintendent of schools and the first coroner in Oregon, as well as a physician. Dr. and Mrs. Barclay are now buried in the Mountain View Cemetery in Oregon City.
Their home, built in 1849, remained in the Barclay family until the 1930's, when it was moved up the hill from the waterfront to its present location adjacent to the McLoughlin House. It was added to the National Park System in 2003, along with the McLoughlin House, as a unit of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. http://www.mcloughlinhouse.org/barclay.html
Stevens Crawford Heritage House
603 6th Street
Oregon City resident Mertie Stevens (1872-1968) lived in her family home for 60 years and left the fully furnished house to the Clackamas County Historical Society upon her death. The home contains items from a lifetime of preserving family possessions and collecting items from friends, neighbors and the region.
www.clackamashistory.org
Oregon City resident Mertie Stevens (1872-1968) lived in her family home for 60 years and left the fully furnished house to the Clackamas County Historical Society upon her death. The home contains items from a lifetime of preserving family possessions and collecting items from friends, neighbors and the region.
www.clackamashistory.org
William L. Holmes House - rose farm
Holmes Lane at Rilance
William and Louisa Holmes completed this house in 1847. It is the oldest American home in Oregon City and was the scene of early government meetings and many social events. The first territorial governor, Joseph Lane, gave his 1849 inaugural address from the balcony of the Rose Farm, and the celebrants gathered on the lawn below.
The claim was nicknamed the ‘Rose Farm’ by friends and neighbors because of the many roses Louisa planted in the garden.
http://www.mcloughlinhouse.org/rosefarm.html
William and Louisa Holmes completed this house in 1847. It is the oldest American home in Oregon City and was the scene of early government meetings and many social events. The first territorial governor, Joseph Lane, gave his 1849 inaugural address from the balcony of the Rose Farm, and the celebrants gathered on the lawn below.
The claim was nicknamed the ‘Rose Farm’ by friends and neighbors because of the many roses Louisa planted in the garden.
http://www.mcloughlinhouse.org/rosefarm.html