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The Pittock Mansion is a French Renaissance -style château in the West Hills of Portland, Oregon, United States. It was built in 1914 as a private home for London -born Oregonian publisher Henry Pittock and his wife, Georgiana Burton Pittock. It is a 46-room estate built of Tenino sandstone situated on 46 acres (19 ha) that is now owned by the ...
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February 28, 1985. 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 ...
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.
Pittock Mansion looks even spookier in the fog--but if you ask me, the scariest thing about these pictures is the scary little ghost! ... Nola posed so identically in each of these photos that she ...
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.
Henry Lewis Pittock (March 1, 1835 (some sources cite 1836) – January 28, 1919) was an English -born American pioneer, publisher, newspaper editor, and wood and paper magnate. He was active in Republican politics and Portland, Oregon civic affairs, and was a Freemason and an avid outdoorsman. He is frequently referred to as the founder of The ...
Forest Park is a public municipal park in the Tualatin Mountains west of downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Stretching for more than 8 miles (13 km) on hillsides overlooking the Willamette River, it is one of the country's largest urban forest reserves. The park, a major component of a regional system of parks and trails, covers more ...