Stratton-Cornelius House (Portland, Oregon)

Title: Stratton-Cornelius House (Portland, Oregon)
LC Subject: Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Alternative: Cornelius, Charles W., House (Portland, Oregon) H. C. Stratton House (Portland, Oregon) Stratton, Howard Clarence, House (Portland, Oregon) Stratton, H. C., House (Portland, Oregon) Howard C. Stratton House (Portland, Oregon) Charles W. Cornelius House (Portland, Oregon)
Description: National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1978)
View: exterior: view (front) from street
Provenance: Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Temporal: 1890-1899
Work Type: architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views dwellings houses
Location: Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
Street Address: 2182 Southwest Yamhill
Date: 1891
View Date: 1977
Identifier: pna_16317.jpg
Item Locator: 726 AmO P83h St82 01; 87-07546;
Rights: In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Source: Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Set: Building Oregon
Primary Set: Building Oregon
Is Part Of: King's Hill Historic District (Portland, Oregon)
Institution: University of Oregon
Note: Born in Ohio, Howard C. Stratton (born 1861) moved to Oregon in c. 1875 and graduate from the Albany, Oregon, Collegiate Institute. He moved to Portland in 1880 and after working for the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company as a purchasing agent became employed at the Portland Savings Bank. In 1900 he moved to California where he became successful in in a variety of ventures, including oil field exploitation. He was director of the Palmer Oil Company and president of the Stratton Water Company. Source: Notables of the Southwest, Press Reference Library (Los Angeles Examiner, 1912).