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1. Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
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This image 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.
2. Hamlin-Johnson House (Gresham, Oregon)
Hamlin-Johnson House (Gresham, Oregon)
Description
The Hamlin-Johnson House, located at the corner of SE Lusted Road and SE 282nd Avenue outside of Gresham, was constructed circa 1888. The house is associated with early steamboat engineer Charles Hamlin and later with the Reverend Jonas Johnson and his family, who owned the house for six decades. Johnson was a pastor at the Swedish Powell Valley Church. Today the house represents an increasingly rare, rural residential property from this era of development in Gresham. Source: Oregon State Historic Preservation Office.
3. Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
Description
The cost of the sculpture was $18,000 and a New York sculptor, Olin Warner, was commissioned to design it. Mr. Warner came to Portland for the sculpture's dedication on September 22, 1888., Olin Levi Warner was born in Massachusetts in1848. In the 1880 United States Census, he is listed as a single male, age 32, sculptor, living in the Benedick building, East Washington Square, New York City. The 1876 New York City Directory lists Olin L. Warner, sculptor, at 44 W. 80th, New York City. The 1877 directory lists him at 765 Broadway. The 1889-90 directory lists him as living at 192 West 10th with business as 80 Washington Square. According to the database, New York City Deaths, 1892-1902 (Provo, UT), Warner died on August 14, 1886.
4. Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
Description
This image 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.
5. Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
Description
This image 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.
6. Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
Description
This image 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.
7. Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
Description
This image 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.
8. Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
Description
This image 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.
9. Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
Description
This image 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.
10. Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
Skidmore Fountain (Portland, Oregon)
Description
This image 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.
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