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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">1. Portland and Corvallis properties latest listings on National Register<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS PROPERTIES LATEST NATIONAL REGISTER LISTINGS <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 348.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Two properties in Portland and a covered bridge in Corvallis are the latest listings on the National Register of Historic Places. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 348.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Built in 1911, the John and Virginius Bennes House in Portland served as the home of Oregon architect John Virginius Bennes. Credited with introducing the Prairie School style of architecture to Oregon, Bennes designed nearly 50 buildings and complexes within the Oregon State University National Register District.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The first house constructed in the Arlington Heights neighborhood, the Bennes House is located within the larger Washington Park area.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is a remarkable example of the Prairie School style of architecture with Mediterranean influences, which embodies strong horizontal lines, stucco finish, low-pitched hip roof, and open floor plan. The home reflects changes made by Bennes over the 30 plus years he resided in the house, including an ornate frieze under the eaves, distinctive entry, and decorative sunroom.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'">Designed by the renowned architectural firm of Whitehouse and Fouilhoux in 1913, the Waverley Country-Club Clubhouse, of Portland, is an excellent and largely intact example of a country-club clubhouse, embodying the distinctive characteristics of this building type.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Considered an outstanding example of Whitehouse and Fouilhoux’s work, it exhibits a high degree of integrity. Located in unincorporated Clackamas County, it is the earliest extant example of a country-club clubhouse within the Portland metropolitan area and Clackamas County and joins the Elizabeth Clark House of Oregon City as the only other Whitehouse building in the county.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Whitehouse firm, which was also responsible for the 1930 addition to the building, designed many of the most important buildings in Portland and the state in the first half of the twentieth century.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The clubhouse joins forty-six of Morris Whitehouse’s buildings noted in the State’s historic sites inventory and fifteen within the Portland metropolitan area are listed in the National Register of Historic Places, including the Temple Beth Israel, Sixth Church of Christ Scientist, Federal Courthouse, Lincoln and Jefferson high schools, Multnomah Athletic Club and Multnomah Stadium, University Club. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 348.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Based on standard bridge plans developed by the Oregon State Highway Department in the 1920s, Benton County constructed the Irish Bend Covered Bridge in 1954.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Originally built over the Willamette Slough on Irish Bend Road in rural Benton County, approximately seven miles northeast of Monroe, construction of a newer span and culverts in 1975 resulted in a bypass of the bridge. Benton County dismantled it in 1988.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Volunteers, including off-duty Benton County employees, OSU students and staff, and Covered Bridge Society of Oregon members,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>reassembled the bridge in 1989 as part of a community-wide preservation effort. The bridge is a 60-foot-long Howe truss with board-and-batten, painted wood siding, wood decking, and a cedar-shingle gable roof.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Located today in a pastoral setting surrounded by farm fields very similar to its original setting, the bridge serves as the Campus Way bike path over Oak Creek, near the agricultural test barns of Oregon State University. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 348.0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'">Visit <A href="http://www.oregonheritage.org/"><FONT color=#0000ff>www.oregonheritage.org</FONT></A> to learn more about the National Register and recent Oregon listings (click on “National Register” at left of page).</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'">Join heritage, arts and humanities supporters from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., April 25 at the State Capitol, Hearing Room 50 in Salem for Legislative Advocacy Day. For further information about the event, organized by Cultural Advocacy Coalition, visit <A href="http://oregonculture.org/"><FONT color=#0000ff>http://oregonculture.org</FONT></A>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">HISTORIC COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY COMMITTEE RECEIVES TOURISM AWARD<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'">The Historic Columbia River Highway Advisory Committee received the Oregon Heritage Tourism Award for outstanding use of Oregon's cultural or natural history to draw visitors to the state during the Oregon Governor’s Conference on Tourism, April 14. The Committee worked for more than 25 years to restore and complete access to the Historic Columbia River Highway and the related Trail for public use and enjoyment. Nearly complete, the Trail provides expanded views of America's only congressionally designated National Scenic Area.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Registration is open for the Annual Conference of the Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS), June 18 – 23 at Willamette University in Salem.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Conference week includes tours, classroom sessions, lectures, and workshops.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Since this is the first AGS conference in the West since 1999, a number of sessions and lectures focus on the west, including a keynote address about Chinese immigrants in Oregon, a film and discussion of the community history in Portland’s Jewish cemeteries, and a session about the influence of Euro-American culture on tribes in Northeastern Oregon. Classroom sessions include </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">information about protecting cemeteries from vandalism and engaging public participation in caring for cemeteries. For further information, visit the <A href="http://www.gravestonestudies.org/conferences.htm"><FONT color=#0000ff>AGS website</FONT></A>. The registration deadline is May 15.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Pittock Mansion in Portland is seeking a Marketing Intern to help develop and coordinate projects designed to increase participation in museum activities and memberships. Specific responsibilities will include collaborating with the marketing communications manager and development manager to create, schedule and distribute a series of standardized emails to recent visitors to increase memberships and participation in upcoming Mansion activities. Successful candidates will possess excellent writing and typing skills with some experience with desktop publishing or graphic design. The 10 – 15 hour-per-week work schedule is flexible between the hours of 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. The position will begin work in June. For further details, contact Angie Alle at (503) 823-3979.</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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