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LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:11645 SW Military Lane historic name:Lewis, C. Hunt & Gertrude McClintock , House
Portland, Multnomah County current/other names:Lewis, Cicero Hunt, House
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr: twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:Building height (stories):2.5 total elig resources:2 total inelig resources:0
elig evaluation: eligible/significant NR Status: Individually Listed
prim constr date:1911 second date: date indiv listed:03/03/2015
primary orig use: Single Dwelling orig use comments:
second orig use:
primary style: Late 19th/20th Period Revivals: Other prim style comments:Large example of type
secondary style: Tudor Revival sec style comments:
primary siding: Standard Brick siding comments:
secondary siding: Stucco
plan type: architect:David Chambers Lewis
builder:
comments/notes:
HRR completed 2/7/2014.
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Not associated with any surveys or groupings.
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed: 03/03/2015
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date:
106 Project(s): None
Special Assess 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)
The Lewis, C. Hunt and Gertrude McClintock, House is located at 11645 SW Military Lane in Portland, Oregon. According to county records and drawings from the architect, the house and garage were completed in 1911. The nominated property is located in a residential neighborhood on a nicely landscaped lot and includes two contributing buildings. The first contributing building is a two-and-a-half story house designed in the Jacobethan vein of Tudor Revival architecture. The asymmetrical house has a main volume clad with brick and a secondary (service) wing, set at an angle, clad with brick on the first floor and half-timbering above. The roof has steep gables with a combination of parapet gables on the main volume and clipped gables on the secondary wing. Windows and doors are wood; many of the window sashes have lights divided by metal cames. The foundation is concrete. The roof is sheathed with composition shingles. The second contributing building is a garage with an apartment above it. Stylistically it matches the house, as do the materials used in its construction. The single-family home is approximately 8,335 square feet and includes six bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms. In the main volume of the house are a living room, library, dining room, reception room, central hall, and staircase to the second floor, a small powder room, and a large coat closet on the first floor; the second floor includes four bedrooms and three bathrooms. In the wing of the house, there is a butler’s pantry/serving room, kitchen, and breakfast room on the first floor, and two bedrooms and a bathroom on the second floor. A second stairway in this wing connects all floors. There is a basement and an attic; both are finished spaces. Interior finishes generally include plaster walls and ceilings, wood floors, and wood trim.
HISTORY
(Chronological, descriptive history of the property from its construction through at least the historic period - preferably to the present)
The Lewis House is being nominated to the National Register under Criterion C as an excellent example of the Tudor Revival architectural style in the Jacobethan vein. It exemplifies the character-defining features of an asymmetrical floor plan; steep roof lines and multiple chimneys; brick, stucco, and half-timbering exterior wall surfaces; and multiple-light windows. Its is also eligible for listing under Criterion C as perhaps the best example of this style designed by architect David Chambers Lewis of Portland. As his last residential commission in Portland, it also illustrates the culmination of his work during his relatively brief career. The property is being nominated for local significance. The period of significance is 1911, the date construction on the house was completed. The house retains a very high degree of historic integrity.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Title Records Census Records Property Tax Records Local Histories
Sanborn Maps Biographical Sources SHPO Files Interviews
Obituaries Newspapers State Archives Historic Photographs
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Bibliography:
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