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address: historic name:Canemah Historic District
Oregon City, Clackamas County current/other names:
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location descr:[District] twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:2S 1E 36
resource type:District height (stories): total elig resources:89 total inelig resources:12
elig evaluation: eligible/significant NR Status: Individually Listed
prim constr date:1850 second date:1928 date indiv listed:10/11/1978
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Nomination "AD" approved 02/25/2009. There are various waterways in the district for water containment and for (previous) domestic use; many are historic with some work dating to the earliest period. Construction includes stone (basalt) that is typically cut and sometimes mortared. More recent improvements to the system are concrete and may be underground. Tributaries include the west one extending from 5th and Blanchard to McLoughlin and Apperson water from the 4 pools [outside of district] flows into this leg; the and the eastern tributary surfacing at 3rd and Ganong and extending to McLoughlin between Hedges and Miller. There are stone walls, many historic, throughout the district generally used for retaining along public roads or pedestrian paths. The stone work may be mortared or not, typically basalt that is cut and faced. A c. 1920 stone culvert is located at 3rd Ave. and Apperson St. A c. 1920 stone stairway is located at 3rd Ave. and Blanchard St. The following properties are listed in the database and on the district map but not in the nomination: 206 3rd 610 3rd 913 4th 914 4th 917 4th 906 5th 901 S McLoughlin The following properties are not listed in the nomination or on the district map but still appear to lie within the district boundaries: 308 3rd 3rd and Apperson 315 Jerome 610 S McLoughlin 802 S McLoughlin Minus these extra 12 resources, there are 119 resources within the district. There are no vacant lots recorded. There are 61 EC, 61 NC/NP and 10 XD resources listed.
Survey/Grouping Included In: Type of Grouping Date Listed Date Compiled
   Canemah Historic District Listed Historic District 10/11/1978
NR date listed: 10/11/1978
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106 Project(s): None
Special Assess Project(s): None
Federal Tax Project(s): None
(Includes expanded description of the building/property, setting, significant landscape features, outbuildings and alterations)
Representative examples of houses from different periods and of different styles are included
(Chronological, descriptive history of the property from its construction through at least the historic period - preferably to the present)
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