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Corbett, Elliott R., House (Portland, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • Elliott R. Corbett House (Portland, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • Morris Homans Whitehouse (architect, 1878-1944)
  • Jacques Andres Fouilhoux (architect, 1879-1945)
  • Whitehouse & Fouilhoux (architecture firm, 1910-1919)
  • McHolland Brothers (builder/contractor)
Creator
Date
  • 1916
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1996)
View
  • exterior
Temporal
  • 1910-1919
MODS Note
  • "The Elliott R. Corbett Residence was built in 1915 shortly before a similar one was constructed nearby for brother Henry Ladd Corbett. Until that time, the Corbetts lived on the South Park Blocks at 243 S. Park. With the enormous growth that surrounded downtown Portland in the decade following the Lewis & Clark Exposition, the Park blocks became less and less favored. As early as 1909, the Corbetts had purchased a six-acre parcel in Portland Heights to accommodate residences for the family. Though Elliott had plans drawn up for house on the parcel, brother Henry convinced him to sell in 1913. The Corbetts instead looked at the Dunthorpe property which they had also bought in 1909. In May 1915, the architectural firm of Whitehouse & Fouilhoux announced that Elliott Corbett had given them a commission to design a $15,000 house "on Palatine Hill" as the undeveloped parcel was called. They produced a county colonial revival design. With work performed by the McHolland Brothers, construction proceeded quickly and effortlessly. The building was completed by the fall and the 32-year-old Elliott Corbett occupied the house by Thanksgiving. It remained his residence largely intact for the next 48 years. He died in the house in 1963. Brother Henry had Whitehouse & Fouilhoux build a near carbon copy in 1916, while brother Hamilton also moved to the area". Source: National Register Nomination.
  • This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Street Address
  • 1600 Southeast Greenwood Road
Rights Holder
  • Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Identifier
  • pna_04833
Item Locator
  • 726 AmO P83h C799 01; 97-05046;
Source
Provenance
  • Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Citation
Institution
Conversion
  • This image is derived from a master TIFF (3000 x 5000 pixel, 16 bit) created by scanning a 35m slide which remains as the archival artifact. Digital editing may have included cropping, color correction, and removal of dust, scratch, or other artifacts reproduced in the scanning process.
Submission Date
  • 04/28/2015
Modified
  • 08/12/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (07 May 2025). Corbett, Elliott R., House (Portland, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67m525w

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Corbett, Elliott R., House (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 07 May 2025. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67m525w

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Corbett, Elliott R., House (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2025-05-07. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67m525w

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 McHolland Brothers http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/McHollandBrothers
2 Whitehouse, Morris H. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/WhitehouseMorrisH
3 Fouilhoux, Jacques André http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500055620
4 Whitehouse & Fouilhoux http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/WhitehouseandFouilhoux
5 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
6 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
7 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
8 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
9 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
10 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
11 houses http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005433
12 dwellings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005425
13 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
14 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
15 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
16 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
17 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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