Building Oregon

Roehr, Osco C., House (Lake Oswego, Oregon)

Roehr, Osco C., House (Lake Oswego, Oregon)
Title
Roehr, Osco C., House (Lake Oswego, Oregon)
LC Subject
Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Alternative
Osco C. Roehr House (Lake Oswego, Oregon)
Creator
Roehr, Frank G.
Creator Display
Frank G. Roehr (architect, 1899-1982)
Description
National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2012)
View
exterior: South façade lakeside view, camera facing northeast
Provenance
Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Temporal
1930-1939
Work Type
architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views dwellings houses
Latitude
45.415036
Longitude
-122.673538
Location
Clackamas County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States Lake Oswego >> Clackamas County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address
128 North Shore Circle
Date
1931
Identifier
pna_20091
Rights
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
Building Oregon
Primary Set
Building Oregon
Institution
University of Oregon
Note
Prominent lawyer, businessman, community activist, and local politician, former Lake Oswego Mayor Osco C. Roehr served his community between 1939 and 1945, and was instrumental in the creation and development of the city's park system. Long familiar with Lake Oswego from boyhood trips to the lake, Roehr arranged for the purchase of the Oregon Iron and Steel Company chimney, a prominent local landmark, and the subsequent creation of George Roger's Park. He then successfully lobbied the community to pass the necessary levies to support the growing park system. An individual of strong convictions, Roehr notably defended Japanese Americans against the confiscation of their property during World War II. In contrast to common sentiment at the time, he spoke against the "petty injustice[s]" committed by the U.S. Government and her urged others not to condemn this group of people for the tragedy at Pearl Harbor. Roehr's 1931 English Cottage-style home was designed by his brother Frank, and is a good example of this type of residential architecture in Lake Oswego and representative of his influential life in the community Frank G. Roehr was a draftsman, associate and partner in the Morris H. Whitehouse & Associates firm and its successor firms (Whitehouse, Church, Newberry & Roehr; Church, Newberry & Roehr; Church, Newberry, Roehr & Schuette; Neberry, Roehr& Schuette) from 1930 to 1966. He was the younger brother of Osco Roehr. Roehr received a B.A. in Architecture from the University of Oregon in 1927.