Posted on: April 17, 2008
James Bybee built this house in the Classic Revival style that was popular in the early and middle 1800s. He was a colonel and horse breeder from Kentucky who crossed the plains in a covered wagon to settle in Oregon with his wife, Julia. James Bybee was an early pioneer who, like others during the 1800s, made his fortune during the California “gold rush.” He claimed 642 acres on Sauvie Island under the Donation Land Claim Act of 1850.
Posted on: January 11, 2008
THE GEORGE HOCHSTEDLER HOUSE
Location: 237 6th Street SE, Albany, Oregon (in the historical Hackleman District)
Architectural Style: Stick
Builder: George Hochstedler
Date Built: 1889
Owners: In the 1880s, George Hochstedler owned the Hochstedler and Sears Planning Mill in Albany, Oregon. Hochstedler and his partner, architect Ed Zeiss, supplied plans and instructions for builders. Hochstedler had his home constructed using the finest wood products manufactured by the mill. Later, Hochstedler became the Albany branch manager of Sugarpine Door and Lumber Company. The Hochstedler House was eventually sold to general store owner Charles Parker, whose wife Hardie was a music teacher in Albany. As of the writing of this book the Hochstedler House was being used as a triplex apartment building.
ANECDOTES: Stick style architecture was considered one of the first truly American forms, where wood was seen as a medium in its own right rather than as a substitute for stone and masonry. (Many of the buildings you have seen thus far used flush wood siding to mimic stucco or masonry.) What better place for this style to proliferate than in the Northwest where wood was abundant. Wood pieces were placed in vertical, horizontal, and diagonal angles over siding at places where the unseen structure frame could be “seen” or accented. Stick work was used on Queen – Anne – and – Eastlake – styled buildings for its decorative value. The Hochstedler House has a steeply pitched, hipped roof combined with gabled roofs on all elevation.
Posted on: October 24, 2007
This church is a shining example of Gothic architecture. It was completed in 1878 by twelve Scots who had settled in the Tualatin Plains area of Hillsboro, Oregon. The church is still in use today as the Tualatin Plains Presbyterian Church on Old Scotch Road.
Posted on: September 07, 2007
Our historic northeast Portland neighborhoods boast an abundance of well-designed, thoughtfully preserved bungalow homes. Cozy and simple, they sit nestled within the many other historical European Revival and American forms of architecture. In fact, the bungalow seems to dominate our streets. But what exactly is a bungalow? Where did it come from? Why do we have so many of them?
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