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LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:2900 NE Pilkington Ave historic name:Woodcock, M S, House
Corvallis, Benton County current/other names:
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr: twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:11S 4W 19
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:Building height (stories):2.0 total elig resources:1 total inelig resources:
elig evaluation: eligible/contributing NR Status:
prim constr date:1880 second date: date indiv listed:
primary orig use: Single Dwelling orig use comments:
second orig use:
primary style: Italianate prim style comments:
secondary style: Victorian Eclectic sec style comments:
primary siding: Horizontal Board siding comments:
secondary siding: Wood:Other/Undefined
plan type: architect:
builder:
comments/notes:
moved from 140 NW 5th St. in 1975; outstanding example of the Italianate style; excellent condition
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In: Type of Grouping Date Listed Date Compiled
   Benton County Italianate Architecture RLS 2025 Survey & Inventory Project 2026
   Benton County RLS Survey 2009 Survey & Inventory Project 2009
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed: N/A
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date: 09/30/2009
106 Project(s)
SHPO Case Date Agency Effect Eval
06/04/2001 no adverse effect
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)
Frieze is embellished with panels. Cornerboards. Overhanging eaves with pendant brackets. Architrave is embellished by a repeating semicircular pattern. Projecting slant bays on main facade have molded, recessed panel above and below windows. Architrave detail and pendant brackets also on bay. Rectangular bay on east and west elevations. marble sinks in the corner of each bedroom on interior. Colored lights used in the top sash of several windows. Heavy cornice-style moldings. The Woodcock House was originally located at 140 N. 5th Street in Corvallis. Moved in 1975 to make room for the Law Enforcement Building, the house today is located on the south side of Pilkington Ave, approximately two-tenths of a mile east of the Highway 20 intersection. The house is set back from the road and is accessed by a long, gravel drive. Situated on a terrace of the Willamette River, the house fronts northwest. Behind the house is Stewart Slough, a former channel of the Willamette River. Second story railing addition. Central door in upper main façade replaced by window. Entry porch originally recessed between two bays. New entry door with transom and sidelights. Replacement porch with matching detailing and some recent elements. - Large addition to the back of the house (east façade) basement, patio and deck. Idemized on site plan from previous survey. - The fact that it was moved from it's original site, large addition and significant alterations to the main façade (west elevation) have lowered the integrity of the structure. - Flooring on front porch appears to be recently replaced as it is now a wood/plastice composite material.
HISTORY
(Chronological, descriptive history of the property from its construction through at least the historic period - preferably to the present)
Written by Mary Weber & Kathy Schutt in 3/31/1985: Although moved from its original site, the M.S. Woodcock House is architecturally significant as one of Benton County's best examples of the Italianate style of architecture. Perhaps more important is the house's association with M.S. Woodcock, a very prominent resident of Benton County. The house was built in c.1880 for M.S. Woodcock. That same year, M.S. Woodcock married Emma Simpson. Mr. Woodcock began his law practice in Corvallis in the mid-1870s. In 1887, he established the Benton County Bank in Corvallis. Three years later he organized the First National Bank of Corvallis, serving as president of this institution until his death in 1925. M.S. Woodcock was also owner and editor-in-chief of the Corvallis Gazette from 1881 to 1908. From 1901 to 1903, he served as the Mayor of Corvallis. After his death in 1925, Mrs. Woodcock continued to live in the house until 1936 when she took up occupancy at the Corvallis Hotel. At this time, her son, M.E. Woodcock, an his wife moved into the house. The Woodcock Family occupied the house until the 1970s. In 1975 the house was purchased by Rose Kraft. The house was sold in an oral bid with the stipulation that the house be moved because the Law Enforcement building was to be built on this site. Rose and Walter Kraft had the house moved to their land on Pilkington Ave. north of Corvallis. The Kraft Family continues to occupy the house today.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Title Records Census Records Property Tax Records Local Histories
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Bibliography:
Anon, "Portrait and Bibliographical Record of the Willamette Valley, Oregon", Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1903. Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Oregon, March 3, 1925. Fagan, David D., "History of Benton County, Oregon", David D. Fagan and A.G. Walling, Portland, Oregon, 1885. "Stately Woodcock Home is Corvallis Landmark", Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Oregon, Feb. 27, 1968. "Woodcock House Leave Town", Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Oregon, August 14, 1975.