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The William B. Holden House is a house located in southeast Portland, Oregon listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] The property was deemed significant for its architecture, for its landscape architecture, and for its association with the life of Dr. W. B. Holden (1873–1955). The house was designed by architect Roscoe Hememway.
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and 51 of those are found in Douglas County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 7, 2025.
The community was the first stop in Oregon along the Oregon Trail. Journals of those who traveled the trail note a trading post in the area as early as 1853, and by 1864, Johnathan Keeney had built a cabin and a barn that he offered for lodging for passing travelers. This cabin was replaced by the Rinehart House in 1872, which still stands ...
Norway is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States, located between Coquille and Myrtle Point on Oregon Route 42, near the Coquille River. The locale got its name from Olaf Reed (1827-1906), who settled there in the 1870s. Olaf Reed was a Norwegian immigrant who started a partnership with Oden Nelson.
April 13, 1992 (Mount Hood National Forest [a: Wamic to Rhododendron: Beginning with its construction by Sam Barlow in 1846, this toll road provided the first overland connection for wagons between The Dalles and Oregon City over Mount Hood, and offered a majority of Oregon Trail emigrants an alternative to the hazardous raft passage down the Columbia River from The Dalles to Fort Vancouver.
New Pine Creek is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Lake County, Oregon, United States. [3] It is Oregon's southernmost community. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 120. [4] it has a post office with a ZIP code 97635. [5]
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and 13 of those are found partially or wholly in Columbia County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 29, 2024.
Gales Creek is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States on Oregon Route 8 northwest of Forest Grove in the foothills of the Oregon Coast Range. Gales Creek shares its name with a stream , a tributary of the Tualatin River , that was named for pioneer Joseph Gale , who settled in the area [ 2 ] The locale was ...