Irvington Homes and Buildings on the National Register of Historic Places

As of winter, 2003, there were 20 Irvington residential and commercial properties on the National Register of Historic Places.  The large number of National Register structures  indicates the historic importance of the area and its contribution to the image of Portland as a city of fine early 20th Century homes. The listing below provides an overview of the National Register-listed properties and offers links to pages with more detailed information about each, drawn from the documentation in the National Register nomination documents**.  Please remember that all of these properties are privately owned and the residences especially are not normally open to the general public.  However, many of them are part of the State of Oregon's "Special Assessment" program under which they are required to be open to the public one day per year.  To obtain a list of the open house schedules, click here for more information on the National Register program and links to the open house schedules...

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Historic Name* Barnhart-Wright House  Tour 2002 F. E. Bowman Apartments George Chamberlain House  Tour 2006 Coleman-Scott House  Tour 2005
Address 1828 NE Knott 1624-1636 NE Tillamook 1927 NE Tillamook 2110 NE 16th Av.
Architect Frederick Bowman Frederick Bowman Whidden & Lewis John V. Bennes
Styles Arts & Crafts Arts & Crafts Shingle Style Victorian Colonial Revival
 

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Historic Name* James C. and Mary A. Costello House   Tour 2002 Henry B. Dickson House  Tour 2006 Frank S. Doernbecher House Gustav Freiwald House   Tour 2003
Address 2043 NE Tillamook 2123 NE 21st Av. 2323 NE Tillamook 1810 NE 15th Av.
Architect Joseph Jacobberger Ellis F. Lawrence ? (Joseph Jacobberger?) H. H. Menges/Emil Schacht
Styles Arts & Crafts/Jacobean Colonial Revival/Arts & Crafts Arts & Crafts/Craftsman Queen Anne Victorian/ Craftsman
 

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Historic Name* Lewis T. Gilliland House  Tour 2005 Hancock Street Fourplex Irvington Tennis Club
 Home Tour Services		 Robert F. Lytle House  Tour HQ
Address 2229 NE Brazee 1414 NE Hancock 2131 NE Thompson 1914 NE 22nd Av.
Architect Gustav Stickley/Ellis F. Lawrence ? Ellis F. Lawrence David Williams
Styles True Craftsman English Cottage Craftsman Mediterranean/Colonial Revival
 

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Historic Name* Henry B. Miller House  Tour 2005 Nicolai-Cake-Olson House  Tour 2001  Tour 2006 August Olson House   Tour 2001 Olsen and Weygandt Building
Address 2439 NE 21st Av. 1903 NE Hancock 2509 NE 18th Av. 1421-1441 NE Broadway
Architect Ellis F. Lawrence Emil Schacht Raymond Hockenberry Snashall & Shipley
Styles Tudor/English Arts & Crafts Craftsman Craftsman Commercial Mediterranean Revival
 

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Historic Name* John E. G. Povey House Roome-Stearns House Spies-Robinson House Thompson Court Apartments
Address 1312 NE Tillamook 2146 NE 12th Av. 2424 NE 17th Av. 2304-14 NE 11th Av.
Architect Peter Hobkirk (?) Henry M. Lambert Orlo R. W. Hossack E. T. Pape
Styles Queen Anne Victorian Queen Anne Victorian Cottage Prairie Style Modernistic

* "Historic Names" are designated by the State of Oregon Office of Historic Preservation and help indicate the people or characteristics that make the home or building historically interesting.

** Documentation supporting the nomination of each property to the National Register is on file at the State Historic Preservation Office in Salem.  These provided the basis of each history given in this website.  Additional sources included Roy Roos' book the History and Development of Portland's Irvington Neighborhood and the Webmaster's research in Portland architectural history.

This page last updated on 05/18/08

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