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Peacock Lane Historic District (Portland, Oregon)

Title
Peacock Lane Historic District (Portland, Oregon)
LC Subject
Architecture, American Architecture Historic districts
Description
The Peacock Lane Historic District is considered significant for its relationship to community planning and development as an excellent and unique example of a planned community and early automobile suburb designed by a single developer, Richard F. Wassell. It was designed in the early 1920s using the English Cottage and Tudor Revival styles as a common architectural theme to create a village-like setting. The design of each house on the street is unique and was also unusual at the time for incorporating a garage. Most of the houses in the Peacock Lane Historic District were also designed by Richard Wassell. The architecture of the district is cohesive without being repetitive, an uncommon trend in the 1920s. The period of significance begins in 1923 with the erection of the first building, and continues to 1930 with the construction of the last building. National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2017) 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.
View
Peacock Lane Historic District site
Temporal
1920-1929 1930-1939
Work Type
architecture (object genre) built works
Latitude
45.519301
Longitude
-122.6222210
Location
Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address
Peacock Lane
Date
1923/1932
Identifier
OR_MultnomahCounty_PeacockLaneHistoricDistrict_0014
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
Ernestina Fuenmayor. "Peacock Lane Historic District," National Register of Historic Places Registration Form." (2017)
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
Building Oregon
Primary Set
Building Oregon
Institution
University of Oregon