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- The Daniel C. and Katie A. McDonald House is a two-story single-family home located at 2944 NE Couch Street in Portland's Kerns neighborhood. The house has a footprint of approximately 1,100 square feet on its 50-foot by 100-foot lot and is surrounded by lawn and low plantings. Most of the immediately adjacent buildings are single-family homes of a similar scale and character. The building features a gable-front roof with a cross gable on the east and a gable extension on the west. The body of the building is clad in lap siding at the ground-floor level and shingles at the second-floor level. Its primary window type is a one-over-one double-hung wood window. The house is characteristic of the free classic Queen Anne style and is notable for its eclectic mix of decorative details. These include filigree scrollwork within the gable peak and at the two bay windows, a small oriel window with Tudor_ style leaded glazing, a Palladian window at the east elevation with leaded glass sidelights, two round_ arch window reveals within the front gable, and pairs of slender Tuscan columns flanking the front porch. Having twelve rooms total, the interior of the house features a large reception hall with an elaborate paneled staircase. The living room, dining room, and kitchen are arranged longitudinally along the west side of the house. There are four bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs accessed from a central hall off the stair landing. Overall, the house retains a high level of integrity. The most notable changes included converting the basement into an apartment, remodeling the kitchen and bathrooms, and the small second-floor addition on the south elevation.
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- The Daniel C. and Katie A. McDonald House is a two-story single-family home located at 2944 NE Couch Street in Portland's Kerns neighborhood. The house has a footprint of approximately 1,100 square feet on its 50-foot by 100-foot lot and is surrounded by lawn and low plantings. Most of the immediately adjacent buildings are single-family homes of a similar scale and character. The building features a gable-front roof with a cross gable on the east and a gable extension on the west. The body of the building is clad in lap siding at the ground-floor level and shingles at the second-floor level. Its primary window type is a one-over-one double-hung wood window. The house is characteristic of the free classic Queen Anne style and is notable for its eclectic mix of decorative details. These include filigree scrollwork within the gable peak and at the two bay windows, a small oriel window with Tudor_ style leaded glazing, a Palladian window at the east elevation with leaded glass sidelights, two round_ arch window reveals within the front gable, and pairs of slender Tuscan columns flanking the front porch. Having twelve rooms total, the interior of the house features a large reception hall with an elaborate paneled staircase. The living room, dining room, and kitchen are arranged longitudinally along the west side of the house. There are four bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs accessed from a central hall off the stair landing. Overall, the house retains a high level of integrity. The most notable changes included converting the basement into an apartment, remodeling the kitchen and bathrooms, and the small second-floor addition on the south elevation.
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- The Daniel C. and Katie A. McDonald House is a two-story single-family home located at 2944 NE Couch Street in Portland's Kerns neighborhood. The house has a footprint of approximately 1,100 square feet on its 50-foot by 100-foot lot and is surrounded by lawn and low plantings. Most of the immediately adjacent buildings are single-family homes of a similar scale and character. The building features a gable-front roof with a cross gable on the east and a gable extension on the west. The body of the building is clad in lap siding at the ground-floor level and shingles at the second-floor level. Its primary window type is a one-over-one double-hung wood window. The house is characteristic of the free classic Queen Anne style and is notable for its eclectic mix of decorative details. These include filigree scrollwork within the gable peak and at the two bay windows, a small oriel window with Tudor_ style leaded glazing, a Palladian window at the east elevation with leaded glass sidelights, two round_ arch window reveals within the front gable, and pairs of slender Tuscan columns flanking the front porch. Having twelve rooms total, the interior of the house features a large reception hall with an elaborate paneled staircase. The living room, dining room, and kitchen are arranged longitudinally along the west side of the house. There are four bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs accessed from a central hall off the stair landing. Overall, the house retains a high level of integrity. The most notable changes included converting the basement into an apartment, remodeling the kitchen and bathrooms, and the small second-floor addition on the south elevation.
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- The Daniel C. and Katie A. McDonald House is a two-story single-family home located at 2944 NE Couch Street in Portland's Kerns neighborhood. The house has a footprint of approximately 1,100 square feet on its 50-foot by 100-foot lot and is surrounded by lawn and low plantings. Most of the immediately adjacent buildings are single-family homes of a similar scale and character. The building features a gable-front roof with a cross gable on the east and a gable extension on the west. The body of the building is clad in lap siding at the ground-floor level and shingles at the second-floor level. Its primary window type is a one-over-one double-hung wood window. The house is characteristic of the free classic Queen Anne style and is notable for its eclectic mix of decorative details. These include filigree scrollwork within the gable peak and at the two bay windows, a small oriel window with Tudor_ style leaded glazing, a Palladian window at the east elevation with leaded glass sidelights, two round_ arch window reveals within the front gable, and pairs of slender Tuscan columns flanking the front porch. Having twelve rooms total, the interior of the house features a large reception hall with an elaborate paneled staircase. The living room, dining room, and kitchen are arranged longitudinally along the west side of the house. There are four bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs accessed from a central hall off the stair landing. Overall, the house retains a high level of integrity. The most notable changes included converting the basement into an apartment, remodeling the kitchen and bathrooms, and the small second-floor addition on the south elevation.
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- The Daniel C. and Katie A. McDonald House is a two-story single-family home located at 2944 NE Couch Street in Portland's Kerns neighborhood. The house has a footprint of approximately 1,100 square feet on its 50-foot by 100-foot lot and is surrounded by lawn and low plantings. Most of the immediately adjacent buildings are single-family homes of a similar scale and character. The building features a gable-front roof with a cross gable on the east and a gable extension on the west. The body of the building is clad in lap siding at the ground-floor level and shingles at the second-floor level. Its primary window type is a one-over-one double-hung wood window. The house is characteristic of the free classic Queen Anne style and is notable for its eclectic mix of decorative details. These include filigree scrollwork within the gable peak and at the two bay windows, a small oriel window with Tudor_ style leaded glazing, a Palladian window at the east elevation with leaded glass sidelights, two round_ arch window reveals within the front gable, and pairs of slender Tuscan columns flanking the front porch. Having twelve rooms total, the interior of the house features a large reception hall with an elaborate paneled staircase. The living room, dining room, and kitchen are arranged longitudinally along the west side of the house. There are four bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs accessed from a central hall off the stair landing. Overall, the house retains a high level of integrity. The most notable changes included converting the basement into an apartment, remodeling the kitchen and bathrooms, and the small second-floor addition on the south elevation.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- The Weston Methodist Episcopa l Church, South is a small, cross-gabled rural church of very simpleconstruction in the Gothic Revival Style. Located in the rural city of Weston, Umatilla County, Oregon , thechurch is found on rising ground on the eastern margin of the City. The building is rough ly rectangular inplan, with a cross gable that extends the footpr int to the west, and a bell tower that sits into the northwestcorner created by the main volume and cross-gable. The building is clad in coved shiplap siding, and sitsupon a brick foundation housing a daylight basement. Reflecting the traditional Gothic style associatedwith churches of this time, the building makes extensive use of gothic arches in the windows (individualand grouped), vents, and bell tower openings, as well as in smaller details like the openings at theentryway rail. In addition to these typical features, the church also demonstrates small design details atthe windows, including flares at the side trim and molded hood trim characteristic of the work of thebuilders, Banister and Banister, who constructed both the original 1881 massing, and the 1910reconfiguration. On the interior, the main floor is dominated by the sanctuary , and includes aclassroom/overflow area at the north end that can be opened to enlarge the sanctuary, and a smallvesting room in the southeast corner, for use by the clergy. The basement is largely open and used forstorage of donated materials, but does include a kitchen area, furnace room , one classroom, and a restroom. The upper story (within the gable) contains two classrooms. Overall, the school retains good integrity to the Period of Significance (1881-1910), though alterations have occurred which include alterations within and outside of the period of significance. Within the period of significance, a 1910 reconfiguration by the original builders Banister and Banister included adding thewest-facing gable, which extended the footprint of the church and moved the original belltower from thenorth elevation to the interior northwest corner created by the western addition. Additionally, the originallyplain bell tower was ornamented with single gothic-arched windows and the original entrance wasrelocated along with the bell tower. Outside of the period of significance, a 1960 interior alterationincluded adding two classrooms upstairs and other minor alterations occurred throughout the 1980s and1990s, such as the replacement of the original two-over-two recessed-panel entrance doors with solidcore slab doors. Despite the 1910 reconfiguration and subsequent alterations, the Weston MethodistEpiscopal Church, South retains the character defining features reflective of its design at the time ofconstruction.
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- 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.
- Description
- The Weston Methodist Episcopa l Church, South is a small, cross-gabled rural church of very simpleconstruction in the Gothic Revival Style. Located in the rural city of Weston, Umatilla County, Oregon , thechurch is found on rising ground on the eastern margin of the City. The building is rough ly rectangular inplan, with a cross gable that extends the footpr int to the west, and a bell tower that sits into the northwestcorner created by the main volume and cross-gable. The building is clad in coved shiplap siding, and sitsupon a brick foundation housing a daylight basement. Reflecting the traditional Gothic style associatedwith churches of this time, the building makes extensive use of gothic arches in the windows (individualand grouped), vents, and bell tower openings, as well as in smaller details like the openings at theentryway rail. In addition to these typical features, the church also demonstrates small design details atthe windows, including flares at the side trim and molded hood trim characteristic of the work of thebuilders, Banister and Banister, who constructed both the original 1881 massing, and the 1910reconfiguration. On the interior, the main floor is dominated by the sanctuary , and includes aclassroom/overflow area at the north end that can be opened to enlarge the sanctuary, and a smallvesting room in the southeast corner, for use by the clergy. The basement is largely open and used forstorage of donated materials, but does include a kitchen area, furnace room , one classroom, and a restroom. The upper story (within the gable) contains two classrooms. Overall, the school retains good integrity to the Period of Significance (1881-1910), though alterations have occurred which include alterations within and outside of the period of significance. Within the period of significance, a 1910 reconfiguration by the original builders Banister and Banister included adding thewest-facing gable, which extended the footprint of the church and moved the original belltower from thenorth elevation to the interior northwest corner created by the western addition. Additionally, the originallyplain bell tower was ornamented with single gothic-arched windows and the original entrance wasrelocated along with the bell tower. Outside of the period of significance, a 1960 interior alterationincluded adding two classrooms upstairs and other minor alterations occurred throughout the 1980s and1990s, such as the replacement of the original two-over-two recessed-panel entrance doors with solidcore slab doors. Despite the 1910 reconfiguration and subsequent alterations, the Weston MethodistEpiscopal Church, South retains the character defining features reflective of its design at the time ofconstruction.