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NR Nomination
Inventory Form

LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:2117 A St historic name:Blank, Stephen & Parthena M, House
Forest Grove, Washington County current/other names:Old Stage Coach Stop
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr: twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:1N 3W 31
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:Building height (stories):2.0 total elig resources:1 total inelig resources:1
elig evaluation: eligible/significant NR Status: Listed Individually & in Hist Distr
prim constr date:c.1858 second date:c.1888 date indiv listed:07/14/1988
primary orig use: Single Dwelling orig use comments:
second orig use:
primary style: Greek Revival prim style comments:
secondary style: Vernacular sec style comments:
primary siding: Horizontal Board siding comments:weatherboard siding
secondary siding: Vertical Board
plan type: Crosswing architect:Unknown
builder:Blank, Stephen (Attr)
comments/notes:
Contributing garage. Rear Addition. Bay window is a later probably 19th century addition. Unusual combination of box and balloon frame construction. Building displays original classical eave detailing, some original six-over-six sash, and good overall integrity.
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In: Type of Grouping Date Listed Date Compiled
   Settlement-era Dwellings, Barns & Farm Groups of the Willamette Valley, Oregon Survey & Inventory Project 2013
   Walker Naylor Historic District Listed Historic District 03/03/2011 2010
   Walker Naylor RLS Update Survey & Inventory Project 2009
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed: 07/14/1988
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date: 01/03/2013
Special Assessment
Status Term End Yr
Closed 1st  2015
106 Project(s): None
Federal Tax Project(s): None
ARCHITECTURAL / PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
(Includes expanded description of the building/property, setting, significant landscape features, outbuildings and alterations)
Bay with 12-pane fixed; eave returns with wide frieze; corbeled chimney; Porch posts and roof, 1990s; T-1-11 skirting; surfacing under porch roof (vertical boards); wings to rear; Picket fence (c.1990); street locust to W; wood fence encloses backyard; Douglas fir to NE; alders to NW; Mid-block on the east side of A Street in a residential neighborhood The Old Stagecoach Stop is a two-story home with Classical Revival detailing. The original rectangular plan was enlarged in the nineteenth century and resulted in its current gable-front-and-wing configuration. The house is clad primarily with bevel (lap) siding although the east facade is covered with board and batten siding. The house features a wide frieze and gables with eave returns. Several of the 6/6 fixed and 4/4 double-hung windows are grouped in pairs. The bay window on the west includes casement windows and decorative wood panels. Recent restoration work on the property includes converting the property back to a single-family residence, as it had been converted to a triplex in the 1950s, and the extension of the front porch to its original full length.
HISTORY
(Chronological, descriptive history of the property from its construction through at least the historic period - preferably to the present)
Refer to scanned documents links.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Title Records Census Records Property Tax Records Local Histories
Sanborn Maps Biographical Sources SHPO Files Interviews
Obituaries Newspapers State Archives Historic Photographs
City Directories Building Permits State Library
Local Library: University Library:
Historical Society: Other Respository:
Bibliography:
Sources: National Register Nomination prepared by Gladys Haynes, August 1987 Peter J. Edwards, "Forest Grove: A Historic Context," 1993 Washington County title and assessment records 1926 and 1928 Forest Grove city directories Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, 1912 US Dept of Agriculture aerial maps, 1936 (4738) and 1948 (DFR-3D-183) Forest Grove Street Surface Map, prepared by Oregon State Highway Department, 1939 Virginia and Lee McAlester, "A Field Guide to American Houses," 1984 Rosalind Clark, "Architecture, Oregon Style," 1983 Pinyerd, David. "Forest Grove, Oregon: Historic Context Statement." City of Forest Grove, 1998.