Historic houses can be found throughout the length of the six-mile Trolley Trail. Take an hour (biking) or two (walking) to enjoy the sights and learn a little about the

history behind the Trail. Please note that the houses listed here are all privately owned -- you are welcome to view them, but please respect the owners' privacy by not

encroaching on their property or attempting to contact them.

1 Charles B. Martin House - 1920

2430 SE Park Avenue, Oak Grove Legal Description: 21E01BC02400

Arts & Crafts/Craftsman-style built by architect Charles B. Martin (1877-

1955), credited with design of several rock buildings in Milwaukie area.

Prevalent use of stone in retaining walls, fireplaces, chimneys and porch

posts; walls are primarily uncoursed stone with mock half-timber detailing;

roof has a clipped gable with eves and massive exposed rafters, windows are

multi-light casement.

7 Joseph J. Price House - 1918

2217 SE Torbank Road, Oak Grove Legal description: 21E01CB01600

Arts and Crafts style, built of uncoursed stone. Curvilinear

roofline enwraps the house. Design attributed to architect

Charles B. Martin. Gable roof with jerkinhead has rolled eaves,

wood shingles. A garage along Torbank Rd recalls the house

roofline Windows are multi-light casement with some under

dormers. Decorative features include stone voissoirs and curvilinear eaves as well

as a stone chimney.

2 Ella Kate Casto House - 1907

2561 SE Evergreen Street, Oak Grove Legal Description: 21E01BC01800

Bungalow/Craftsman style, popular in Oregon 1905 - 1920s. Typical

elements: rectangular central mass, variegated shingles, recessed corner

porch supported by Doric columns with balustrade, low-pitched bell-cast

gable roofs, bargeboards, dormers, sleeping and commodious porches,

double-hung sash windows with architrave molding. Exterior: variegated

shingles; narrow lap siding with corner boards, rake boards, water table and frieze, 5-paneled

door. Also 1-story Vernacular-style woodshed built 1907: gable roof, composition shingles,

double-hung sash windows; exterior of narrow lap siding with corner and rake boards.

8 Frank A. Heitkamper House - 1900

2009 SE Courtney Avenue, Oak Grove Legal Description: 21E02DA05000

This visually prominent house built on a large corner

lot is a good example of Craftsman-style architecture

-- typically a four-room over four-room configuration

with a low-pitched hip roof. The full-width front

porch, in this case with Doric supports and a solid

balustrade, was also quite common. The bellcast hip

roof has wide overhanging eaves and frieze; windows are double-hung sash with

architrave molding, and the exterior is surfaced with double bevel siding with

cornerboards and water table.

3 Milo Pollock House - 1915

2490 SE Evergreen Street, Oak Grove Legal Description: 21E01BC06100

Arts & Crafts/Craftsman style. Though orientation was changed, original

front door is in place, covered inside. The 2.5-story house commands

attention because of its size. Multiple low-pitched gabled roofs, supported

by massive purlins, braces, exposed rafters that project between floors.

Typical wide porches, but with unusual elephantine porch supports and

porte cochere. Multi-light-over-one double-hung sash windows, roof dormers, modillions,

shed roof porches, rectangular bay window and bargeboards. Exterior surfacing of narrow

bevel siding, shingles and corner boards.

9 Elizabeth Heitkamper House - 1888

14021 SE Rupert Drive, Oak Grove Legal Description

This is the largest and best example of Queen Anne-Ver-

nacular-style in north Clackamas County. The 2-story

asymmetrical house is covered with a multi-hip roof with

overhanging eaves. The encircling porch is supported by

Doric columns. Windows are double-hung sash with

architrave molding and lug sill. Upstairs windows are multi-light in the upper

sash. There is original horizontal lapped siding. Other features include polygonal

bay windows on the south and west, brackets and a stained glass window.

4 Al & Myrtle Courts House - 1918

2303 SE Silver Springs Rd, Oak Grove Legal description: 21E01BC05400

20th century Colonial Revival-style topped with gambrel roof and

shed dormers, uncoursed stone as wall material (unusual for this style

in Clackamas County). Fine features: classically-inspired pedimented

gable-hooded entrance with large scroll-cut consoles, leaded fanlight

and sidelights, porte-cochere and window shutters with half-moon cut-

outs carried to the interior where fireplace, built-ins, closets and stairway were also designed

by architect R.W. De Young.

10 Joseph Robnett House - 1900

14500 SE Rupert Drive, Oak Grove Legal Description: 21E12BB04200

Queen Anne style, popular in Clackamas County 1890s - 1910.

Gable roof has a peak ornament, walls are clad with imbricated

(or fish scale) shingles and double-hung sash windows are hung in

pairs or as a bay. Other elements are: jig-sawn brackets and flash

glass (smaller pieces of stained glass surrounding a larger, usually

rectangular glass or light). Bottom edge of shingles above front

porch cut to appear as though cut with "pinking" shears. Exterior surfaced with

narrow bevel siding with rake boards.

5 John Waldron House - 1925

2210 SE Waldron Road, Oak Grove Legal Description: 21E01CB01300

Arts & Crafts / Craftsman style with Tudor motif. The primarily

uncoursed stone 1&1/2-story house uses historic period forms: Tudor-arch

shaped windows with stone voissoirs; clipped gable roofs; and mock half-

timber and stucco walls. Designed by Portland architect Uppinghose;

built over nine years by Simon and George Bigham, who cut each stone

by hand. Asymmetrical with casement windows and double-hung sash. Decorative features:

irregular-shaped windows; wrought-iron lamp.

11 Dr. J. H. and Georgiana McArthur House - 1902

14507 SE Arista Drive, Oak Grove Legal Description: 21E11AA00100

Unusual Colonial Revival buildings designed by Louis E.

Armstrong. This 1.5-story asymmetrical building has a unique,

extremely steep, bell cast, gambrel roof with an eyelid dormer on

the east. Exterior surface includes double bevel siding and

shingles. Decorative features include dentils, scroll-cut

modillions and brackets. Full width front porch has Doric columns; cornices.

pediments adorn the building. Historic landscape features such as a picket fence,

grapes and other plantings have been retained.

6 Cresson J. & Muriel Baxter House - 1922

13309 SE Arista Drive, Oak Grove Legal description: 21E01CB01500

Northwest Regional style, popular 1915 - 1940. Steeply pitched roof

accentuated by uncoursed stone walls. Upper walls clad with long

wooden shingles; chimney built of uncoursed stone. Windows

primarily multi-paned casement under wall dormers. Projecting bay

window with stone arch on the north side.

12 A.T. Zanders House - 1902

15105 SE Lee Avenue, Oak Grove Legal Description: 21E11AD02004

Well-preserved example of Colonial Revival-style, popular in U.S. 1876 - 1955,

romanticized colonial times and expressed patriotism.

Features include gable roof with partial return, gabled

dormers, wood shingles and tongue-and-groove horizontal

siding, and Doric columns, which support the recessed

front porch. On the north side is a polygonal bay window.

13 J. G. Kuernzi House - 1903

15112 SE Lee Avenue, Oak Grove Legal Description: 21E11AD00700

This Gothic Revival-style house, sometimes called Rural Gothic

Vernacular or Western Farm-house, has a vertical emphasis

exemplified by the central wall dormer and steeply-pitched

intersecting gable roof with a partial return. The 1.5-story

asymmetrical home has a polygonal bay window with a tent roof on

the south (borrowed from the Italianate style popular in Clackamas

County in the l880s); primarily double-hung sash windows; shiplap siding with corner and

rakes boards; a full-width hip roof over the front porch, turned porch posts and brackets. The

building has been altered. Historic structures with this site include a shop building (cow barn)

and garage. Each building has tongue-and-groove siding and gable roof.

18 Lucy & Jonathan Meyer House - 1912

15314 SE Rupert Drive, Oak Grove Legal Description: 21E12BC04400

Bungalow style, probably most popular style in the County in the

20th century. Horizontal emphasis typical of Bungalow

residences, embellished by Classical Revival ornamental elements.

May have been constructed by Lewis A. Armstrong, believed to

have been responsible for other Oak Grove homes. Exaggerated

classic elements are common. the 1.5-story house includes the

bilaterally symmetrical façade, massive Tuscan columns, side lights flanking the front door,

partial returns and block modillions, a gable roof with partial return and wood double-hung

sash windows. The exterior is surfaced with lapped horizontal board.

14 Simon P. Bigham House - 1906

14725 SE Linden Lane, Oak Grove Legal Description: 21E12BB08400

Compact Arts and Crafts-style dwelling. designed and built by

Bigham, has remained virtually unaltered except for the shingled

garage. The 1.5-story, asymmetrical home has an intersecting gable

roof and wood multi-light casement windows. The uncoursed stone

chimney and projecting gable entrance with the round-headed

window and door opening showcase Bigham's skill as stone

craftsman. Surrounded by low, rock garden wall; in the yard a fish pond and

fireplace/barbeque, also crafted by Bigham. Bigham also designed and built four smaller stone

residences for his daughters; two immediately north of this house and two located within a few

blocks. Each expresses Bigham's skill as stone mason; no two are alike.

19 Isabelle M. Rupert House - 1903

2323 SE Creighton Drive, Oak Grove Legal Description: 21E12BC04201

This Vernacular–Colonial Revival style house is

one-and-a-half stories with a clipped gable roof.

The original windows are one-over-one elongated

double-hung sash with architrave molding. The

main entrance has a hip roof supported by slender

Doric columns (believed to be replacements),

which are set on concrete bases.

HISTORIC LANDMARK PROPERTIES

OAK GROVE/TROLLEY TRAIL AREA

HISTORY OF THE TROLLEY TRAIL:

Portland Traction Company’s Interurban Electric Streetcar Line

15 William Cedarson House - 1911-12

15010 SE Rupert Drive, Oak Grove Legal Description: 21E12BC05100

Two-story Craftsman Foursquare with four-rooms-over-four-rooms

with a box-like appearance. Features include the low-pitched hip roof

and full-width front porch, double-hung sash windows with architrave

molding, bevel siding with cornerboards, an oval-light front door with

sidelights and leaded glass. The use of scroll-cut exposed rafters,

dormers, battered porch supports and solid balustrade were tributes to

the Craftsman ethic that idealized the handmade rather than machine-made. Craftsman

Foursquare architecture was popular in Oregon from about 1905 through the 1920s.

20 E. W. & Lillian Downing House - 1895

15636 SE Arista Drive, Oak Grove Legal Description: 21E12CB01900

Queen Anne Vernacular-style, 2.5-story house with asymmetrical

massing and vertical emphasis; four-inch shiplap with patterned shingles

in gable peak, hip roof front porch with Doric columns, scroll art

balustrade, double-hung sash windows with wood shutters. Polygonal

bay window on south has decorative brackets, pendants across diagonal

sash. Belt course above second story windows; front door glazed pane

with architrave molding, scagliola. Large window to right of front door

appears to be replacement. Cast stone balustrade along entrance steps.

The Portland to Oregon City Interurban Rail Corridor, formerly operated by Portland Traction Company, was one of the first interurban railways in this country. In 1892 the East Side Railway Co., using a subsidiary company, the Oregon City and Southern Railway, built southward from Hawthorne Ave. to connect Portland, Brooklyn, Sellwood, Milwaukie and Oregon City. Passenger service from Portland to Oregon City began Feb 16, 1893. The line to Oregon City was also the first true electric railroad. The interurban railway was one of the major driving forces in development patterns now found in the Oak Grove and Gladstone areas.

The earlier homes along the railway were simple wood frame; many showed influence of the Gothic Revival and Vernacular styles of architecture. These buildings had a vertical emphasis; long windows and steep roof pitches.

During the Motor Age (1914-1940), Craftsman/Bungalow style buildings were prominent.

The English Cottage style became popular with architects looking to traditional cottages of the past for inspiration. Typical architectural elements included medium-pitched gable roofs, prominent exterior chimneys windows with small panes and dormers.

In 1958 the Portland Traction Co. discontinued its interurban passenger service. In 1962 Portland Transit sold the lines to the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads. In 2011, North Clackamas Parks & Recreation District and Metro Regional Parks and Greenspaces Department began building the six-mile multi-use path along the old Trolley Trail right-of-way.

This guide showcases some Historic Landmark dwellings along the way. We invite you to walk or bike the Trolley Trail and view a little history by

seeing these wonderful examples of bygone times.

16 Carl & Eliza Richter House - 1904

15202 SE Rupert Drive, Oak Grove Legal Description: 21E12BC09700

This house, built in the Queen Anne style of architecture , is in

excellent condition, remaining essentially unaltered with the

exception of the now-enclosed back porch and the addition of a

chimney. Notable features include the gable roof with partial

return, patterned shingles in the gables, stick detailing and stone

balustrades leading to the recessed full-width front porch with

Doric columns. The house also features a paneled and glazed door

with transom, polygonal bay windows and double-hung wooden sash windows with architrave

moldings. This house has similar architectural features to the A.T. Zanders House.

The Carriage House described below originally sat on the same property and may have been

built before the house.

21 Loleatta Labowitch House #1 - 1910

15713 SE Arista Drive, Oak Grove Legal Description: 21E12CB02300

This is a good example of the Bungalow style with Craftsman

detailing, which was popular in Oregon from about 1905 through the

1920s. Typical elements include low-pitched gable roofs and

bargeboards, dormers, sleeping porch and commodious porch.

The house is a rectangular central mass with purlins and braces, and

multi-light windows. Most distinctive is the full-width porch

supported by paired posts with balustrade on the east. The building form, with predominant

horizontal lines, roof form and deep flared eaves, gives the house a "ground-hugging" quality,

which conforms to the Bungalow design philosophy. Other features include enclosed single-

bay porch with shed roof on the west; paneled-and-glazed door; shed roof dormers on the east

and west; exterior side-wall chimney and a second story deck on the west.

17 Carl & Eliza Richter Carriage House - 1904

2321 SE Lost Meadow Lane, Oak Grove Legal Description: 21E12BC09800

This Carriage House was built in Vernacular style of architecture. It

was located to the southeast of the Richter house, and may predate

the house. It was moved onto an adjacent lot and converted to

residential use when the property was subdivided circa 2000. The

carriage house has a gable roof and rear lean-to. It is clad in wide

tongue-and-groove siding, and features double-hung and four-light

windows with plain surrounds. An addition to the façade, a deck-topped garage extension,

conceals the original carriage doors.

This publication was funded with the assistance of a matching grant-in-aid from the

Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the National Park Service.

Clackamas County Department of Transportation & Development

Land Use and Zoning Division

Development Services Building

150 Beavercreek Rd, Oregon City, OR 97045

www.clackamas.us/transportation 503.742.4500

August 2011