Lone+Fir+Farm

Lone Fir Farm, aka Baker/Grassman House, 1900 1903-4 Mt. View Lane //Forest Grove Inventory of Cultural Resources// (1985)

"__ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION__ This is a simple but imposing American farmhouse, typical of many built in this area around the turn of the century. In plan, the house forms a cross-a shape which is repeated in the high cross gable roof design. A bellcast shed roof extends out over a shallow bay on the front (east) side of the house. On either side of this bay are recessed entries covered with small hip roofs. These porch roofs are supported by turned wood posts with scrolled brackets under the eaves. The main roof gables are boxed with plain fascia. All windows are one-over-one, double-hung with shutters. The house's siding is of wood shiplap and the roofing material is wood shiplap.

__CONTEXTUAL DESCRIPTION__ This house is one of very few of this age in this part of Forest Grove. To the south and west are recent, single-family residential subdivisions. To the north is a large church with a paved parking lot extending to the property line. A new neighborhood shopping center is under construction across Mt. View Lane to the east.

__HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE__ The builder of this house, Daniel Baker, was born in Iowa in 1845 and died in Oregon in 1929. In moving to Oregon he settled initially with his parents in Marion County. In 1867 he married and moved to the Forest Grove area where he lived in a farmstead. In 1900 he had this house built in order to live closer to Forest Grove."

For a view of the house and surrounding area, visit this Google Map at 1904 Mt. View Lane.