Building Oregon

Shute-Meierjurgen Farmstead (Hillsboro, Oregon)

Title
Shute-Meierjurgen Farmstead (Hillsboro, Oregon)
LC Subject
Architecture, American Architecture Historic buildings Farms Farmhouses Architecture, Queen Anne Barns
Alternative
Shute, John W. & Lizzie (Hillsboro, Oregon) Shute Constable Five Oaks (Hillsboro, Oregon) Barn, Shute-Meierjurgen Farmstead (Hillsboro, Oregon)
Description
The 1890 Shute-Meierjurgen Farmstead is located in the heart of the original Edward and Brazilla Constable “Five Oaks” donation land claim (DLC), approximately 3.3 miles northeast of downtown Hillsboro. The Shute-Meierjurgen Farmstead is locally significant under Criterion C in the area of Architecture as an excellent and increasingly rare example of a late 19th-early 20th century farmstead within the immediate vicinity of the City of Hillsboro (within the current Urban Growth Boundary) which has maintained good integrity of setting, location, design, association, materials, workmanship and feeling. The house, reflecting the typical cross-wing form of the late-nineteenth century farmhouse combined with Classical and Queen Anne stylistic ornamentation popular at the time, indicates the somewhat elevated economic status of the Shutes, mostly due to the diversified income developed by Shute. The barn is a largely intact, fine example of an early twentieth century hay and livestock barn, and the garage is an almost completely intact, purpose-built pre-1920 automobile storage building. Together, the farm buildings well represent the last identified collection of primary farm buildings of a late-nineteenth and early twentieth century farmstead within the UGB around Hillsboro, and is increasingly rare in the larger vicinity around the city. The period of significance is 1890-1919, beginning with the year of construction of the original portion of the house and ending with the construction of the garage, the last building of the farmstead. 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: inside barn main floor looking northeast
Temporal
1890-1899
Work Type
architecture (object genre) built works
Latitude
45.555044
Longitude
-122.937033
Location
Hillsboro >> Washington County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address
4825 Northeast Starr Boulevard
Date
1890
Identifier
OR_Washington_Shute-Meierjurgen_Farmstead_0019
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
Haag, Erin. Photos by Erin Haag. "Shute-Meierjurgen Farmstead, National Register Nomination." (2018)
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
Building Oregon
Primary Set
Building Oregon
Institution
University of Oregon