National Register of Historic Places

O'Donnell, E. J., House

Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
Listed
January 28, 1994
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
93001564

About this property

The E. J. O'Donnell House in Multnomah County, Oregon, just outside the Portland municipal boundary, was designed in 1938 by architect Richard Sundeleaf for dairyman and cattle breeder Edward J. O'Donnell. It was completed in 1940. The single-story house was designed to be wheelchair-accessible for a child of the O'Donnells'. It has a "multiplicity of steeply-pitched cross gables at the east end and a variegated exterior of brick, lapped weatherboards as gable cladding, and secondary siding of boards and molded battens." It has bays and projections on its faces, and on the northeast has a kitchen/utility wing and on the southwest has a garage/bedroom wing. Its NRHP nomination describes that:The house displays the essential qualities for which Sundeleaf's Arts and Crafts architecture is admired. Porches have heavy post and beam framing. Solid craftsmanship emphasizes interior wood paneling and trim. A square module is used for division of window space, including sidelights for view windows on which such premium is placed in Portland's west hills. Building volumes are stepped down to the landscape through sheltered terraces and projecting window bays. The architect brings forward from earlier projects (see Clarence Francis House) a rear gallery—an updated screens passage which in archetypical manor houses leads to private compartments from the great hall or circulation core. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Location

5535 SW. Hewett Blvd.
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
45.50422, -122.73483

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When was O'Donnell, E. J., House listed on the National Register?

O'Donnell, E. J., House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 28, 1994.

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O'Donnell, E. J., House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for O'Donnell, E. J., House is recorded as the industrial era.

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