Corbett, Elliott R., House (Portland, Oregon)
- Title
- Corbett, Elliott R., House (Portland, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- Alternative
- Elliott R. Corbett House (Portland, Oregon)
- Creator
- Whitehouse & Fouilhoux Whitehouse, Morris H. Fouilhoux, Jacques André McHolland Brothers
- Creator Display
- Whitehouse & Fouilhoux (architecture firm, 1910-1919) Morris Homans Whitehouse (architect, 1878-1944) Jacques Andres Fouilhoux (architect, 1879-1945) McHolland Brothers (builder/contractor)
- Description
- National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1996)
- View
- exterior
- Provenance
- Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
- Temporal
- 1910-1919
- Work Type
- architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views dwellings houses
- Location
- Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
- Street Address
- 1600 Southeast Greenwood Road
- Date
- 1916
- Identifier
- pna_04833
- Item Locator
- 726 AmO P83h C799 01; 97-05046;
- 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
- Citation
- Corbett, Elliott R., House, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/96001070.pdf
- Note
- "The Elliott R. Corbett Residence was built in 1915 shortly before a similar one was constructed nearby for brother Henry Ladd Corbett. Until that time, the Corbetts lived on the South Park Blocks at 243 S. Park. With the enormous growth that surrounded downtown Portland in the decade following the Lewis & Clark Exposition, the Park blocks became less and less favored. As early as 1909, the Corbetts had purchased a six-acre parcel in Portland Heights to accommodate residences for the family. Though Elliott had plans drawn up for house on the parcel, brother Henry convinced him to sell in 1913. The Corbetts instead looked at the Dunthorpe property which they had also bought in 1909. In May 1915, the architectural firm of Whitehouse & Fouilhoux announced that Elliott Corbett had given them a commission to design a $15,000 house "on Palatine Hill" as the undeveloped parcel was called. They produced a county colonial revival design. With work performed by the McHolland Brothers, construction proceeded quickly and effortlessly. The building was completed by the fall and the 32-year-old Elliott Corbett occupied the house by Thanksgiving. It remained his residence largely intact for the next 48 years. He died in the house in 1963. Brother Henry had Whitehouse & Fouilhoux build a near carbon copy in 1916, while brother Hamilton also moved to the area". Source: National Register Nomination. 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.
