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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Oregon Preservation Partners:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The Oregon SHPO is pleased to announce the recent listing of the Walker Naylor Historic District in Forest Grove and the recognition of the Drake, DeGuire, and Adams Houses in Silverton, listed under the Multiple Property Document Silverton, Oregon, and Its Environs.</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .2in .45in 52.8pt 2.25in 216.6pt 3.5in 312.0pt 348.0pt 402.0pt 421.8pt 6.25in 7.0in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Located north of downtown Forest Grove, the residential Walker Naylor Historic District illustrates the impact of important events, trends, and institutions that affected the development of the town from the construction of the first house in 1858 through 1959. The area was initially settled by the town’s professionals and businessmen who constructed Victorian homes on large semi-rural lots. By the early-twentieth century a regional boom fueled by demand for agricultural and forest products resulted in a burgeoning downtown and increasing enrollments at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pacific</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. During this time lots in Walker Naylor were subdivided to meet growing demand for housing and buildings in the Bungalow and Period Revival Cottage styles were constructed. After WWII, lots continued to be divided over the next several decades as homes were constructed in the Ranch and WWII Period Cottage styles among others. By 1959 the neighborhood had been largely built out and few residences were constructed after this period.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 348.0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The 1906 Murton E. and Lillian DeGuire House is recognized for its architectural merit as a Free-Classic Queen Anne, a style that incorporates an eclectic mix of Queen Anne and Classical Revival Design elements, which was popular in the late-ninetieth and early-twentieth centuries.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>While modest in its ornamentation, style is clearly demonstrated through the application of Queen-Anne elements such as the use of varied siding textures, leaded glass, canted corners, projecting bays, and groupings of tall and narrow windows, among other details. The building’s block form and centered wall dormers and gables create the regular symmetry associated with the Colonial Revival Style, which is reinforced by the pediment at each gable and the wide frieze bands separating the first- and second-floor, as well as lining the eaves and gables. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 348.0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Constructed in 1904, the June D. Drake House is recognized for Drake’s substantial accomplishments and service to the Silverton community and as a local example of a modest Free-Classic Queen Anne cottage. Drake was a regional award-winning photographer, the leading Silverton historian, organizer and first president of the Silverton Historical Society and Silverton Museum, and the driving force behind the establishment of Silver Falls State Park for more than 20 years, portions of the purchase of which he funded himself despite financial hardship. He was recognized for his effort by having one of the waterfalls in the park named for him, and recognized by the State of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place> for his work as a historian with an award from the Oregon Historical Society and a seat on the board of the Oregon Centennial Commission. Throughout his life, Drake sought to promote the welfare of his community through the preservation of its natural beauty and cultural artifacts, resulting in the permanent establishment of local institutions and a popular state park which still define and shape Silverton today.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Constructed in 1912 for prominent lawyer, businessman, and politician Louis J. Adams, the Adams House is recognized as an outstanding example of a Craftsman Style, which is clearly demonstrated through the building’s low-slope roof, wrap-around porch, and the heavy, rustic stylistic cues embodied in the stucco finish, decorative bargeboards, knee bracing, window trim, and substantial porch posts, among other decorative elements. The period interior makes extensive use of dark fir detailing, especially in the coffered ceilings, classically-derived fir columns at the interior of the main entry and heavy molded door and window trim, including wainscoting, baseboards, picture rails, pocket doors, and built-in cabinetry.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">More information about the National Register and recent <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place> listings is online at <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><A href="http://www.oregonheritage.org/"><FONT color=#800080>www.oregonheritage.org</FONT></A></B> (click on “National Register” at left of page). </SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ian P. Johnson, Historian</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oregon SHPO</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>725 Summer Street NE, Suite C<BR>Salem, Oregon 97301</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ph: (503) 986-0678<BR>Fax: (503) 986-0793</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Visit our website: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.oregonheritage.org/">www.oregonheritage.org</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Comments or suggestions:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="mailto:Heritage.Programs@state.or.us">Heritage.Programs@state.or.us</A><A href="mailto:Email.Heritage-Programs@state.or.us"></A></FONT></DIV>
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