Bowers, George W., and Hetty A., House (Portland, Oregon)
- Title
- Bowers, George W., and Hetty A., House (Portland, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- Alternative
- George W. Bowers House (Portland, Oregon)
- Creator
- Bowers, George W.
- Creator Display
- George W. Bowers (builder/contractor)
- Description
- This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
- View
- exterior: Ground floor dining room, camera facing northeast.
- Provenance
- University of Oregon Libraries
- Temporal
- 1910-1919
- Work Type
- architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) interior views dwellings houses dining rooms
- Latitude
- 45.523694
- Longitude
- -122.696228
- Location
- Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
- Street Address
- 144 Northwest 22nd Avenue
- Date
- 1910
- Identifier
- pna_24069
- Rights
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Rights Holder
- Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
- Source
- Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Note
- "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. " Source: Oregon State Historic Preservation Office. This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.
