STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
SUMMARY
The Shipley-Cook Farmstead meets National Register Criterion A for its association with the agricultural development of the rural area known as the Hazelia District, outside the City of Lake Oswego. The farm complex, one of the first built in the area, represents the efforts of early settlers who farmed the land and established communities. Hazelia once included a grange and school, whose development was largely due to the continued support of both the Shipley and Cook families. The Shipley-Cook Farmstead also meets National Register Criterion C as a well-preserved farmstead that represents distinctive characteristics of a type, period, and method of construction that dates from the early Euro-American settlement period of Clackamas County. The house type, outbuildings, and surrounding landscape features represent a pattern of agricultural development, which characterized rural Oregon landscapes in the second half of the nineteenth century. The complex includes an 1862-63 farmhouse with attached woodshed and cream separator building, a barn dating from the 1860s or 1870s, a chicken coop (1928-29), driveway, gardens, orchard (remnant), fields, and a variety of historic trees and shrubs that represent the strong horticultural skills and interests of the Shipley and Cook families. The Shipley-Cook Farmstead is significant as an intact example of a farmstead in continuous use since it was established in the early 1860s.
Individually, the farm buildings are distinctive examples of a type and method of construction typical of the early Euro-American settlement period. The cross-wing farmhouse is an excellent example of this architectural type in its steeply pitched gable roof, attached perpendicular volumes, lap siding, six-over-six double-hung, wood-sash windows, multiple porches, and stone foundation. The farmhouse is also significant as an intact example of box construction, a method of construction that was used in the initial Euro-American settlement period in Oregon. The barn also represents an early building method. Constructed with hand-hewn members with mortise and tenon joints, the barn is one of the oldest structures of this type in Clackamas County. The number and variety of plantings around the farmstead also adds to the significance of the Shipley-Cook Farmstead. The 6.1-acre historic nucleus of the farmstead has been maintained over its 145-year history.
The period of significance dates from 1862 to 1945. The beginning date represents the construction of the house and, most likely, the barn. The end date represents a period when the Cooks began altering some of the exterior and interior. The property was listed on the Clackamas County and Lake Oswego Historic Inventories in the mid-1980s, designated a Clackamas County Landmark in June 1992, and recognized as a Century Farm in 2000. The Shipley-Cook Farmstead retains integrity of design, location, setting, feeling, association, and materials. The majority of the original materials, finishes, farm complex layout, landscape features, and design have been maintained through its long agricultural history.
THE KALAPUYAS
The Atfalati, a subgroup of the Kalapuyas, lived on the floodplains of the Tualatin River, including the area around present-day Lake Oswego. The Atfalati gathered camas and wapato, and hunted deer, elk and waterfowl in what is now known as the Tualatin Valley. In the warmer months, the Kalapuyas moved in small family groups to gather provisions for the winter, and then reunited into larger groups later in the year, settling in pit or plank houses.
Diseases brought by European trappers and settlers decimated a majority of the Atfalati along with the other native populations in the Northwest. In 1855, the remaining Kalapuyas signed treaties, effectively giving up their traditional ways of life. The Kalapuyas were removed to the Grande Ronde and Siletz reservations in Yamhill and Lincoln counties, respectively, living with other Oregon tribes.
EURO-AMERICAN SETTLEMENT AND CLACKAMAS COUNTY
By the 1840s, Euro-American settlers began the long overland trek on the Oregon Trail, drawn to the region by the abundance of wildlife, natural resources, and fertile land. The Donation Land Claim Act (DLC) of 1850 brought another surge of settlers to the Oregon Territory in hopes of claiming free land and starting new lives.
On July 5, 1843, the Provisional Government of the Oregon Territory created four districts, of which one was Clackamas County. At that time, the county covered portions of four present-day states and one Canadian province. Oregon City, the county seat of Clackamas County, was founded on a portion of Dr. John McLoughlin's DLC, and was the first incorporated town west of the Rocky Mountains (1844). This region was the terminus for water transportation on the Willamette River and had been a gathering place for Native Americans, hunters, trappers, and Hudson's Bay Company voyagers for years. After Washington Territory was established in 1853, and Multnomah and Wasco counties were carved out of Clackamas County in 1854, the present-day Clackamas County boundary was established.
After the Civil War, Clackamas County experienced slow, but steady, growth. Subsistence farms were established throughout the area, in addition to growing market-oriented farms. Livestock, grains, and lumber were the most common cash crops. Saw mills dotted the area especially towards the north. Market roads were improved and the houses along the roads often became stopping points for travelers transporting goods to and from Portland. By the 1860s and 1870s, market-oriented farming had replaced subsistence farming in the area.
During the late nineteenth century, the population of Clackamas County tripled. As most of the land near the rivers was already claimed, new settlers farmed interior lands, especially land along roadways. There were changes in agriculture and a trend toward urbanization. Hops and prunes became major cash crops and lumber was sold to paper manufacturers at Willamette Falls. Towns such as “Oswego” were established as new businesses started.
“OSWEGO”
Until the mid-1800s, Lake Oswego was a small assembly of homesteads and farms between the Willamette and Tualatin rivers in Oregon. Albert Alonzo Durham, who secured the first Donation Land Claim, and named the town after his birthplace in New York, founded the town of “Oswego” in 1847. Durham built the town's first industry -- a sawmill on Sucker Creek (Oswego Creek). Although iron ore was discovered in the Tualatin Valley in 1841, it was not until 1861 that entrepreneurs developed the resource. In 1865, the Oregon Iron Company was incorporated in hopes that large amounts of cast iron could be manufactured locally. It was the first of three companies that hoped to make Oswego an industrial center, or the "Pittsburg of the West."
The first iron smelter went into production in 1867, and continued to operate intermittently under a second corporation, the Oswego Iron Company, until 1881. It was succeeded by the Oregon Iron & Steel Company. The owners purchased large tracts of land believed to be rich in iron ore. The new company operated in the old plant until 1885. Three years later, its operators built a larger smelter. The construction of the narrow gauge railroad from Oswego to Portland in 1886 aided transport of the iron ore; prior to that, the town could only be reached by riverboats and narrow dirt roads such as present-day Stafford Road. By 1890, production reached 12,305 tons of pig iron, and the iron industry employed some 300 men. The town of Oswego was booming, and boasted of a growing population and many new businesses.
In 1893-94, during the national depression, iron prices plummeted and production slowed dramatically. The plant closed and after that operated only intermittently until 1910. With the demise of the iron industry, Oregon Iron & Steel turned its attention to land development. The company built a power plant on Oswego Creek from 1905 to 1909, and after the incorporation of the City of Oswego in 1910, erected power poles to provide electricity to the community. The company sold its land holdings to developer-built residential developments. The completion of the new electrified railroad from Portland to Oswego in 1914 further stimulated residential development in Oswego in the 1920s and 1930s. The town continued to grow as did the outlaying areas. The rich agricultural lands continued to contribute to the local economy, however, and farms like the Shipley-Cook farm remained the backbone of the county.
THE SHIPLEY FAMILY
Born on October 14, 1826 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Adam Randolph Shipley was raised in Mt. Vernon, Ohio where he studied law. He worked in Ohio until 1852, when he joined hundreds of people that traveled to the Oregon Territory on the Oregon Trail. At the end of his journey, Shipley settled in Portland with his wife Mary. Tragedy struck the young couple, however, when Mary (at the age of 28) and their only son died on August 19, 1853 at Clatsop Plains near the coast. One year later, on September 30, 1854, Shipley married Celinda Eliva Hines in Portland. Celinda, the daughter of Obahiah and Lucina Chapin Hines of New York, was born on October 4, 1826 in Otsego County, NY. At the time of her marriage, Celinda was teaching at the Portland Academy and Seminary.
Shipley worked many odd jobs including cutting wood for George Flanders, a prominent Portlander. By the mid-1850s, Shipley went into business with C.S. Kingsley, opening a wholesale book and stationary business. The book and stationary store prospered, and by 1860, Shipley’s real estate and personal assets totaled $17,766, a substantial sum for that period.
Shipley was appointed the 5th Postmaster of Portland, serving from November 1854 to July 15, 1861. The Shipley’s lived in Portland until about 1862 when the family moved south of Portland to an area known as “Oswego,” (now Lake Oswego in the Hazelia District). Early deed records indicate that Shipley moved from Portland between late August 1861 and March 1863 .
Shipley purchased 100 acres for $330 from Elijah Davidson in the southwest quadrangle of Section 16, T1E R2S on May 1, 1861. This acreage was originally part of Jesse Bullock’s 618.90-acre DLC No. 46, and included the land where the couple built their home. Later that year, Shipley paid $900 to Allen Smith of Spokane for additional land that was claimed by Ronald C. Crawford (part of his DLC No. 73). This acreage was in Section 21, south of where the family built the house, and contained 320 acres. Shipley expanded his land holdings again on March 1863 when he purchased an additional 100 acres from Edward A. and Mary Ann Wilson’s DLC No. 72, which encompassed part of Sections 16 and 21, T1E, R2S. This land was south of the land he purchased in 1861. Over the next few years, he acquired a total of about 1000 acres that extended south to the Tualatin River.
The Shipley family built their farmhouse in circa 1862-63 at the intersection of present-day Stafford and Rosemont Roads. The area around the Shipley Farm became know as the Hazelia District. The Shipley farm became a respite for many travelers, as present-day Stafford Road was a major transportation route from the “Tualatin Plains to Oregon City.” Maude Grimm described the Shipley’s farm in a 1958 history of Lake Oswego:
The farm extended to the Tualatin River. What a show place was the ten-acre house with bath, pantry, and woodshed, topped with two rooms above for the hired help. Some were Chinese. The favorite servant of the family was Chung who insisted on living by himself in a little place by the creek. The children loved to play croquet on the front lawn and skate in the great barn when it was empty of hay.
Always interested in the newest agricultural methods and horticulture, Shipley was one of the first to import and grow grapes in the area. A 1906 article in the Oregon Historical Quarterly stated:
A.R. Shipley, some time in the sixties, imported from the Eastern States forty-five varieties of grapes, American and European varieties. For some years he grew quite a vineyard, was an enthusiast in grape culture - a business man retired to the country for love of horticulture. A close observer and a good cultivator, he did valuable work for the grape industry, and was the acknowledged authority on the subject. He discarded all European varieties, and advised the cultivation of only the American varieties for the Willamette Valley. In answer to my request to name the three best varieties of the market, he said, ‘If I were setting out three hundred grapes today, I would first set one hundred Concords, then another one hundred Concords, then another one hundred Concords,’ adding, ‘that is, to make money.’
The Shipleys became active in the Hazelia community, working with other settlers to provide basic services and amenities for the area’s residents. In 1875, Adam Shipley helped organize the Oswego Grange No. 175, which was formed to protect farmers’ economic interests and provide a place for social events. Shipley served as the first Grange Master and was the State Grange Master from 1875 to 1880. He also traveled as a lecturer for the State Grange, giving talks on the most current farming practices and crops. A small house on his acreage served as the grange hall, the building was halfway up the Butte (presently known as Cook Butte) directly west of the Shipley House. Recollections in a 1958 history of the area recall the Oswego Grange and Shipley’s involvement:
The only way for the grange members to reach their meeting place in 1875 was by climbing a narrow footpath, which led up the hill on the Shipley farm. The enthusiastic group which formed Oswego Grange No. 175 felt lucky that A. R. Shipley had donated the little building for this use.”
The Oswego Grange became the center of the Hazelia district where residents gathered for educational events, dances, auctions, dinners, programs, fundraising events, and meetings. The grange served the community until 1890 when it was relocated to Oswego.
Adam and Celinda Shipley had a good relationship with the native people in the area who used the springs on the farm and had a burial ground on top of the butte west of the Shipley farm. Adam Shipley was mindful of the native burial ground and instructed anyone working on present-day Cook Butte not to disturb the graves. One incident, relayed by descendents of the Shipley family, recalled how Celinda Shipley helped a Kalapuyan with the birth of her child. Maude Grims, granddaughter of the Shipleys, recalled the story:
My grandmother Shipley told me many things about their early days and the happenings of the Indians. But they weren’t afraid of them at all. Grandmother used to tell us about one evening the chief came up from the tribe and he knocked on the door and he said that his wife was very ill. She was in child labor and the chief wanted grandma to come down. And she said, ‘Oh no, I’ll go.’ So she went down and she took care of the mother and baby until it was born and she saved them both. And grandma said that after that they never cut any more wood. Each morning an Indian came up and cut their wood and piled it.
Adam Shipley was also instrumental in the construction of a new school building on Stafford Road. Prior to that time, school was held in the Shipley home. Beside the Shipley’s six children (Milton, Cora, Lester, Celinda, Alphonso, and Randolph), other area residents sent their children to the Shipley farm to study. In 1884, Hazelia residents voted to construct a new school building in the district. By a one-vote margin, the community voted to locate the new school on Shipley’s property. The Hazelia School District 37 built the new structure with donated time, money, and land. In 1888, the Oswego Methodist-Episcopal Church later used the school building twice a month for their services until a new church building was erected in the town of Lake Oswego. Shipley was one of the first to conduct Sunday school services for the church and was an active member of the church.
Shipley was also a charter member of the Oswego Odd Fellows Lodge No. 93, formed in 1888, and helped organize the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lake Owego. In circa 1891, Shipley was appointed to the Board of Regents at the State Agricultural College (now Oregon State University), and selected to fill the office of treasurer and also worked as the librarian for the college. Celinda and Adam Shipley moved to Corvallis after his appointment, and their son, Randolph Shipley, took over management of the farm. Over the years, Shipley sold portions of this acreage, including land to his children.
A resident of Corvallis until his death on July 14, 1894, Shipley was remembered for his “unselfish deeds which helped in community life” and gave “him the affectionate title of Father Shipley.” His obituary in the Morning Oregonian on July 15, 1893 stated:
Few indeed are the men who have led so useful and honorable a life, enjoying the universal esteem of all who met him. He knew no class distinctions among men; all were equal in his eye. Whatever success be gained in life was due to his own exertions.
Celinda Shipley died on March 10, 1905. The Shipleys are interred in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lake Oswego.
THE COOK FAMILY
On June 12, 1900, James Preston Cook purchased the Shipley farm after working on the property for many years. Born on August 21, 1858, James P. Cook was raised in Bloomswitch, Ohio, and came to Oregon in 1883 after hearing of the large iron works in Oswego. He settled about three miles from the Shipley Farm and worked burning wood to make charcoal for the iron company. A few years later, James returned to Hales Creek, Ohio and married his wife, Susie L. The couple returned to Oregon where Cook worked at many jobs before purchasing the Shipley farm. These jobs included working on the construction of the railroad from Portland to Dundee (Cook Station is named after him), hauling wood for the iron company, and working on the Shipley farm. Cook saved his money, and in 1900 was able to buy the 131-acre farm from Randolph Shipley, Adam and Celinda Shipley’s son.
Cook continued to improve the acreage, adding to the farm buildings and planting additional shade trees. Along with raising cattle for their own use, Cook started J.P. Cook and Sons which specialized in breeding Chester White swine. He later raised sheep on his property as well. James was active in the grange started by Adam Shipley and the Hazelia School. The butte west of the farm complex was coined Cook Butte after the Cook family. The Cook farm was often a gathering place for the community, and James and Susie started a 4th of July gathering with homemade ice cream that is still celebrated by the Cook family today.
An Oregon City Banner-Courier article of May 1, 1930 talked about the Cook farm and the variety of plantings:
One of the noticeable features of this Pioneer home place are the unusually large number and variety of trees planted years ago by the Shipley family, and one of the peculiarities is the growth of some of these, which are growing in clusters. There are 21 Oregon native cedars growing in one cluster from a single root . . . In the collection of trees you will find vine maple, Oregon laurel, mulberry, elm, native maple, persimmons, Alaska cedar, rock oak, black locust, Shelbrook hickory, wahoo, Port Orford cedar, mountain ash, yew, sequoia (redwood of California), Mt. Hood cypress, eastern sugar maple, eastern chestnut, beech nut, poplar, native oak, willow of three varieties, eastern elderberry, Lombarda, mountain ash and among the smaller trees you will find even the fig tree. There are various kings of shrubbery including purple lilac and other flowering shrubs. Even the eastern Oregon sage is thriving in the ground at the Cook Farm.
The article continues, discussing the merits of the modern, yet historic farmstead:
Referring back to the old home of the Cook family, you will find 12 rooms and two fireplaces. The fireplaces, built on the lines of the early days, are of artistic design and in perfect condition, and you will find no “smoking with these fireplaces” . . . The home is equipped with a modern water system. The water, secured from the well of purest water, is enclosed in a new well house. “Every time I take a drink I thank the Lord,” says J.B. Cook . . . There are so many interesting features about the home that one’s mind could be occupied for an entire day and then see all, for there are the hand-quilted bed coverlets of the most exquisite designs, which like other quilts, are named . . .
Susie and James Preston Cook had one child, William B. Cook, who was born October 15, 1885. William moved with his parents to various homes near Lake Oswego until the family purchased the Shipley farm. He remained there until January 1, 1906 when he began working on the survey of the new railroad from Banks to Tillamook. Cook later became a registered engineer and worked on many jobs until he was hired as the Clackamas County Chief Deputy Assessor. By 1920, William was living with his parents on the farm. A year later, on July 31, 1921, William married a neighbor, Sarah Ethel Baker.
William and Sarah Ethel lived with William’s parents on the farm after they were married. The young couple had two sons, William B. Jr. and James Hugh. Like his father, William Cook was active in the grange, Odd Fellows, and the school district. He was also a member of the Al Kader Shriner, a local historian, and a charter member of the Oswego Fire Department. Ethel was active in the grange and loved to quilt, often taking part in quilting bees.
The senior Cooks continued to farm, raising a variety of crops including a few acres of Concord grapes on the south side of the farmhouse and Cook Butte. They also planted blue grapes, good for jelly, and Warden grapes. The family cultivated fruit trees on the property including pie cherries, Bing cherries, apples, and figs. The Cooks used a two-acre pasture on top of Cook Butte to grow different crops over the years. They grew feed grain for their stock, raised oats and clover for seed, and sold cream to the dairy in Lake Oswego. The family continued to ring the bell to call in the family and hired help for meals. The Shipley-Cook bell on top of the farmhouse was also used as a community clock, as neighbors always knew what time it was when they heard the bell ring. James P. Cook stated, “The old bell will always ring while the Cook family resides in here.” William took over the farm after his parents, James and Susie Cook, died in 1931 and 1947.
William and Sarah Cook began to sell parts of the 131-acre farm in the 1950s because of the change in agricultural practices and high taxes for their farmland. In 1960, William Sr. died and his wife, Sarah Ethel died in 1967. After their parent’s death, William and James inherited the farm, each owning a half interest. William Cook sold his part of the acreage to James who received the 6.1-acre parcel with the farmstead. James rented the farm while living in California. In the mid-1990s, James deeded the farm to his son, Rick Cook, who currently lives on the Shipley-Cook Farmstead and has an active four-acre vineyard with Pinot Marchael Foch wine grapes. Rick is carrying on the Shipley and Cook family tradition of growing grapes on the property.
THE FARM COMPLEX
The Shipley-Cook Farmstead has been a gathering place in the Hazelia community since its construction in the 1860s. Built along Stafford Road, originally a major transportation route from Oregon City to the Tualatin Plains, Adam and Celinda Shipley sited their farm in the traditional orientation taking into account the proximity to natural springs and creeks, drainage, shelter from the prevailing winds, location to the fields, and topography. The layout of the farmhouse buildings is in a linear pattern, a tradition Shipley may have carried with him from Pennsylvania and Ohio. Constructed on a slight knoll, the house is oriented to the east, which made the house cooler in the summer and easier to heat in the winter. The main windows and doors were placed out of the prevailing wind and weather, and the covered porches provided protection from the elements. A creek, known as Pecan Creek, was west of the farm buildings and a source of water for the farm. The Shipleys and Cooks established an orchard southwest of the house near the creek, and had a garden on the sunny south yard of the farmstead.
As is typical with many Oregon farmsteads of the period, the driveway was north of the farmhouse. Originally, two barns and a sheep shed were north of the east-west entrance drive, but the northern-most outbuildings (barn and shed) were demolished because of deterioration over the years. The other major farm buildings, including the woodshed, cream separating building, and watertower (destroyed in 1962), were attached to the house for easy access.
Adam Shipley’s long-standing and intense interest in horticulture during his lifetime is evident today at the farm. A majority of the trees and shrubs he planted are still around the farmhouse, most notable are the tall cedars, beautiful magnolia, and flowering shrubs. The nucleus of the farmstead is a shaded oasis in contrast to the four-acres of vineyard.
The Shipley-Cook Farmhouse
One of the few farmhouses in Clackamas County that dates from the early 1860s, the Shipley-Cook farmhouse was built in 1862-63, and subsequent additions were made as the family grew and the farm developed. These early Oregon cross-wing farmhouses, once common in rural areas throughout Oregon, were designed for comfort and utility using available materials. These intact farmhouses are slowly disappearing because of changes in agricultural practices, alterations, and urban encroachment.
The Shipley-Cook farmhouse displays distinctive characteristics of these early farmhouses in its asymmetrical massing, pitched gable roof, prominent corbelled chimneys, boxed eaves, wide frieze board, slight eave overhangs, horizontal lap siding finished with corner boards, and rectangular volumes placed at right angles giving the impression of separate wings. The original house volume is basically T-shaped in plan with connected wings. The front wing of the house contains the parlor, and the attached perpendicular wing has the living room, dining room, the staircase to the upstairs, and first and second floor bedrooms.
The original kitchen, now the utility room, served as the connection between the main volumes of the house and the service/utility areas (bathroom, woodshed, original pantry, cellar, and porches). The woodshed is perpendicular to the living/dining room wing and is more utilitarian in nature with board and batten siding and interior plank walls. The cream separator building is connected to the north side of the woodshed, and was also originally connected to the water tower. These more utilitarian additions, were lower in height and had moderately-pitched gable roofs.
The cross-wing farmhouse has some influences of the Gothic Revival style, popular in Oregon from the 1850s to the 1890s. The steeply pitched gable roof, asymmetrical massing, and tall multi-pane windows are characteristics of the style. The bay window, common to Italianate houses, is also found on the Shipley-Cook farmhouse. The bay may have been a slightly later addition as evident in the four-over-four double-hung, wood sash windows, as these window types often post-dated six-over-six double-hung, wood sash windows.
Construction Method
The Shipley-Cook farmhouse is an excellent example of one of the earliest construction methods used by Euro-American settlers in the region. Adam Shipley built the house using a box construction structural system (cedar planks). The structural system is revealed on the interior by the deep window and door moldings, and lack of insulation. The wood was most likely cut from the Shipley property and milled in nearby Oswego. Box construction was one of the three most common structural types in Oregon in the early settlement period. As described by Oregon preservation architect Philip Dole in Space Style and Structure:
Box construction, as it is called in Oregon, may be the most remarkable of the three types . . . It is a plank system with many antecedents on the East Coast of the United States. The wall structure consists only of planks about two inches thick, which are set vertically, one beside the next. Each plank is nailed to the sill below and at top to the plate. There are no posts or studs; its total finished thickness is only about three inches. Economy recommended its use because the wall requires one-third less material than any other system, and half as many nails. Its only disadvantage, due to the lack of an air space, is that is makes a colder building. It is remarkable for its strength and durability.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
The Shipley-Cook Farmstead was listed as a Clackamas County Historic Landmark in 1992. The farm complex was included in historic surveys conducted in the 1980s by Clackamas County and the City of Lake Oswego. Other historic building were identified as part of the historic inventory conducted by the city and county, and later registered by the city and county as a historic landmark. The Clackamas County Historic Inventory, the basis for the landmark designation, was divided into study areas, and the Shipley-Cook Farmstead was part of geographic study area known as Stafford/Pete’s Mountain/Wilsonville Study area.
The following is a brief comparative analysis identifying similar farmsteads found in the area around the Shipley-Cook Farmstead. These buildings compare in use, the number of intact outbuildings, theme, and style of the farmhouse. Only farm complexes that date from the early settlement period, 1850s, 1860s, and 1870s, were cited in this comparative analysis. See thumbnail photos of each of the properties listed at the end of Section 8.
Robbins-Meicher-Schatz Farm, Stafford, Clackamas County, Oregon (listed in the NRHP 02/19/1993):
The Robbins-Meicher-Schatz Farm, located approximately four miles from the Shipley-Cook Farmstead, consists of a Classical Revival style farmhouse, barn, water tower, and four outbuildings. The house was constructed around 1860/1890, and the outbuildings, including the barn chicken coop, milk room, shed, machine shop, and brooder house, date from circa 1900 to 1909. Although similar in date to the to the Shipley-Cook farmhouse, the farmhouse was built with Classical Revival style details.
John Kruse Farm, Wilsonville, Clackamas County, Oregon (not listed in the NRHP):
The John Kruse Farm, located approximately ten miles from the Shipley-Cook Farmstead, consists of a Classical Revival style farmhouse constructed in 1857, a Bungalow form dwelling (ca. 1910), and a barn (ca. 1880). The 1857 farmhouse has been modified by the addition of a dormer (1989), window alterations, and the addition of a new front porch. Unlike the Shipley-Cook Farmstead, the house does not reflect the historic style and the farmstead has few remaining outbuildings associated with the historic period.
Hughes-Macintosh Farm, Wilsonville, Clackamas County, Oregon (not listed in the NRHP):
Located approximately fourteen miles south of the Shipley-Cook Farmstead, the Hughes-Macintosh Fa |