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The mansion's west façade, location of the current main entrance. It was originally the rear of the house. Pittock Mansion was constructed in 1909 by London-born publisher and business tycoon Henry Pittock as a private residence for himself and his wife, Georgiana. [1] The house was designed by San Francisco architect Edward T. Foulkes. [4]
Reportedly haunted locales in Portland include the Bagdad Theater, a vaudeville theater built by Universal Studios in 1927, which is reportedly haunted by a maintenance man who committed suicide in the building; Pittock Mansion, a mansion overlooking the city that is reportedly haunted by its original owners; the Roseland Theater, a former ...
The Markle–Pittock House is a historic house located in southwest Portland, Oregon listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] It was built as a Queen Anne style house during 1888-89 and was prominent as the largest house in Portland. It was substantially modified in 1928 to Jacobethan Revival design by architects Jacobberger and ...
Pittock Mansion. In 1866, Pittock was a partner in the first paper mill in the Northwest, at Oregon City, and later a second mill there and another at Camas, Washington. The Columbia River Paper Co. was formed by Pittock and Joseph K. Gill in 1884 to build the Camas facility. [17]
Henry L. Pittock had the house built for his son and daughter–in–law Frederick and Bertha Leadbetter Pittock when they married in 1902. The property is 3 acres (1.2 ha) with 484.2 feet (147.6 m) of shoreline on La Camas Lake.Although it was built as a farmhouse the Queen Anne style building reflects the wealth and stature of the residents.
Before the Pittock Block was built, the site was occupied by the home of Henry L. Pittock, the publisher of The Oregonian.Pittock was preparing to move into the Pittock Mansion and leased the entire block to a California investor with the requirement that a "worthy" building named after Pittock would be built on the site.
Georgiana Martin Pittock (née Burton; November 14, 1843 – June 12, 1918) [1] [2] was an Oregon pioneer and community leader based in Portland, Oregon. She founded the Portland Rose Society in 1888.
December 9, 1981 (2363 NW Flanders Street: Charles Francis Adams (1862–1943) was a prominent Portland banker, art collector, and patron of the Portland Art Museum.This house was designed for him by the eminent firm of Whidden and Lewis, built in the Georgian Revival style in 1904, expanded in 1918, and extensively restored in 1979.