Hughes-Olson+House

The Hughes/Olson House, c.1920 1905 Elm Street //Forest Grove Inventory of Cultural Resources// (1985)

"__ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION__ This is a one-and-one-half story Craftsman Bungalow which has had no apparent alterations. In plan, the building is rectangular with a medium hip roof. Projecting from the front (west) and south sides of the main roof are gable dormers with eave brackets. Another, open gable extends from the left front side of the house covering the front porch. All eaves have exposed rafters. A shallow bay protrudes from the front of the house and another bay extends from the south side. The porch roof is supported by four, square, wooden columns with bases and pedestals. The siding on this house is of painted wood shingles. Windows are generally one-over-one, double-hung, although those in the dormers are multi-paned casement windows. The central window in each of the bays is fixed; one of these is eight-over-one, the other is six-over-one. The roofing material is composition shingle.

__CONTEXTUAL DESCRIPTION__ This house sits at the northeast corner of the intersection of 19th Avenue and Elm Street in an area which is undergoing a slow transition from residential to commercial use. Still, there are a number of older, well-kept houses on this block.

__HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE__ The original owner of this house was Grant Hughes. He was a son of Sam Hughes, and early Forest Grove resident who built the house at 2111 Hawthorne Street. Grant Hughes was instrumental in starting the local telephone company. This hosue was also occupied later by Clifford Rowe, a former mayor of Forest Grove."

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