| Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this house was originally owned by the Donahue family. By the 1910s Joseph Bramhall, secretary of Oregon Kansas Timber Company was living here.
The house was subsequently purchased by Rufus Butler, according to the Aug. 30, 1964 Oregonian, formerly of Seattle and named the new director of the Portland Urban League field office at 3928 N. Williams Avenue. Butler, a clinical psychologist who worked with retarded children in Canada, Arizona and Washington, will assume the duties of his new job Monday. ...A native of Marianna, Ark., Butler, 33, received his undergraduate degree at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga. After doing some graduate work at the University of Arkansas, Butler received his M.S. in psychology from Washington State. His wife taught 4- and 5-year-olds at Friendly House in northwest Portland. Mr. Butler later became director of the Albina Art Center, as well as establishing Mister Bs Mens Shop for casual wear at 1637 NE Killingsworth St.
Timothy Grewe, Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Portlands Office of Management and Finance, owned and lived in the house in the 2000s. Thehouse was subsequently appeared in the Emmy Timothy Grewe, Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Portland’s Office of Management and. Finance, lived and owned the house in the 2000s. The house subsequently appeared in the Emmy and Peoples Choice Awards-nominated television show Grimm, which for several years used the empty lot across the street from my house for its location units while filming. |
