Mooers, Robert R. and Mary Helen, House (Roseburg, Oregon)
- Title
- Mooers, Robert R. and Mary Helen, House (Roseburg, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture Historic buildings Architect-designed houses Architecture, Domestic
- Alternative
- Robert R. and Mary Helen Mooers House (Roseburg, Oregon)
- Creator Display
- Raymond Kermit Thompson (architect) Polly Povey Thompson (architect)
- Description
- The Dr. Robert R. and Mary Helen Mooers House, constructed in 1959, is a single-story, side-gabled mid-century modern residence. It was designed by architects Raymond Kermit Thompson and Polly Povey Thompson, combining elements of the popular Ranch Style with design elements associated with the architect-driven Contemporary Style, and demonstrating the influence of the Northwest Regional style. The house is locally significant under Criterion C, in the area of Architecture and its period of significance is 1959, the date of construction of the house. The Mooers House is significant as an outstanding example of the blending of the form and spatial arrangement of the widely popular Ranch Style with several elements of the architect-driven Contemporary style, and incorporating several design elements generally associated with Northwest Regionalism, a design approach developed by prominent architects working in the unique climate and setting of the Pacific Northwest. The house is unique in Roseburg, a city long dominated by extractive industries and other blue collar pursuits. While the Ranch house was the ubiquitous building block that populated most post-war neighborhoods, including several in Roseburg, the Contemporary style and Northwest Regionalist approaches were generally the realm of professional architects, and, due to the challenges associated with funding construction of non-traditional forms through the Federal Housing Administration, generally not suited to construction at the neighborhood scale. This content 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. National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2018)
- View
- interior: view of living room bookshelves and light fixztures, looking east
- Temporal
- 1950-1959
- Work Type
- architecture (object genre) built works ranch houses
- Latitude
- 43.201445
- Longitude
- -123.344976
- Location
- Roseburg >> Douglas County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 1247 Southeast Kane Street
- Date
- 1959
- Identifier
- OR_DouglasCounty_DrRobertRandMaryHelenMooersHouse_0009
- Rights
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Rights Holder
- 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, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit photographer and the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.
- Source
- Avis, LaVonne Gene. Photos by LaVonne Gene Avis and Byron Frazer. "Dr. Robert R. and Mary Helen Mooers House, National Register Nomination." (2018)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Institution
- University of Oregon
