| ROOF FORM & MATERIALS: Steeply pitched, multi-hipped.
PRIMARY WINDOW TYPE: Multi-light casement and double-hung. Rectangular and gablewall dormers
DECORATIVE FEATURES: Gothic arch door opening with rough rock voissoirs
): Built during the Depression, the Gladys Boutwell House is an excellent example of Arts and Crafts style architecture. Designed by architect, George Post, the building expresses a philosophy that nature and indigenous materials, rather than classical forms, should be the artist's inspiration. The rough troweled stucco exterior finish denotes a handcrafted feeling in this grand and elegant dwelling that rises from the hillside adjacent to the Lake Oswego Country Club. The country club is a private establishment that was founded in 1925 as a mechanism to attract residents to the Lake Oswego vicinity. Post employed several Tudor elements, such as mock half-timbering.
LANDSCAPE: Native plant material surrounds house. Rock garden walls. Pond and bridge. The site is heavily landscaped, mostly with native plant materials: ferns, azaleas, deciduous and conifer trees. Indigenous rock has been used to form a fish pond and bridge, garden walls, and a portion of the house. A creek runs through the property between the road and house.
On large, irregularly shaped, sloping lot above Iron Mountain Boulevard and the South Pacific Railroad tracks. Across street (Fairway Road) from Lake Oswego Country Club. In residential area of post World War II-era buildings. |
