Goldsmith, Bernard and Emma, House (Portland, Oregon)
- Title
- Goldsmith, Bernard and Emma, House (Portland, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Historic buildings
- Alternative
- Hermanson Design
- Creator
- Lazarus, Edgar M. (Edgar Marx), 1868-1939
- Photographer
- Carlson, Carin
- Description
- The Goldsmith house at 1507 NW 24th Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon , was built in 1892 as the primary residence for Bernard and Emma Goldsmith. Designed by architect Edgar Marks Lazarus, it exemplifies the distinctive characteristics of the Shingle Style in Portland, as well as the evolution of Lazarus' residential work. The house is on a topographic rise on the corner of an urban block, with the primary elevation and entry facing NW 24th Avenue and the secondary street-facing elevation fronting NW Quimby. As is common in the neighborhood, streets were cut below grade, leaving the house site elevated above the street. The house contains approximately 4,800 finished square feet excluding the exterior porches, with living spaces on the first floor , sleeping rooms on the second floor, a finished attic, and a partially below-grade full basement. The house is sided primarily with four-inch, lap siding, with shingle patterns used to accentuate the street-facing front and side facades above the porch roof level. The lancet window, belcast hip roof, and decorative round-headed front porch gable vents are all signature architectural details used by Lazarus in the stately homes he designed in the 1890s. Overall the house retains a high degree of integrity, despite an effort to demolish it that resulted in the loss of some interior finishes. The current owner has restored the exterior and rehabilitated the interior, preserving key spaces on the first floor and restoring and replicating interior detailing where known.
- View
- interior: dining room (middle parlor) showing original fireplace and mantelpiece, looking west
- Style Period
- Shingle Style
- Location
- Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States
- Date
- 1892
- View Date
- 2018-02-28
- Identifier
- OR_MultnomahCounty_GoldsmithBernardAndEmmaHouse_0012
- Rights
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Dc Rights Holder
- Oregon. State Historic Preservation Office
- Source
- Oregon. State Historic Preservation Office
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 4800 square feet
- Material
- brick, wood, asphalt
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Citation
- Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/
