Howell--Kohlhagen House - Roseburg, OR - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The following verbiage is taken from the NRHP Nomination Form to describes this residence's significance:

The Gothic Revival house located at 848 SE Jackson Street in Roseburg, Oregon, is believed to have been built between 1880 and 1884 for Robert and Elizabeth Newcomb. It faces east and is situated close to the central business district. It is characterized by steeply-pitched cross axial gables with fancy vergeboard decoration and by gable-roofed wall dormers on the facade, an Italianate parlor window bay and elongated, double-hung windows, of which those having segmental arch-heads are noteworthy for finely-detailed scalloped and crested framements with crowning hood moldings. Originally, all gable peaks were surmounted by elaborate finials of turned and cut-out work. The house was made up to date shortly after the turn of the century when its porches with lacey brackets of scroll work were modified by round Tuscan columns on solid railings in the Colonial Revival vein. Other historic alterations were made in the early 20th Century as well.

The Howell-Kohlhagen House is significant to Roseburg in the category of architecture under Criterion C because it is the best preserved of Gothic Revival houses in the city's historic core. Of three houses of comparable style and period recorded in the Roseburg Cultural Resource Inventory, it is the only one remaining on its original site.

In the category of commerce, under Criterion B, the house is considered locally significant for its association with a family which occupied it for four generations. Martin Ryerson Howell, a native of New York who arrived in Roseburg in 1884, purchased the house at the opening of 1885. Howell was the proprietor of the New York Lumber Yard until his death in 1894. It was during the 1880s and 1890s that Howell's daughter Frances operated a private school in the front and back parlors. When the Howell's first daughter Marietta married George Kohlhagen in 1894, the Kohlhagens took up residence in the house along with Howell's widow and Frances Jane. George Kohlhagen (1868-1944), also a native of New York state, entered trade in Roseburg as a butcher and prospered in pursuit of a regional livestock business and local real estate development. The house is the property most importantly associated with Kohlhagen, a leading businessman who contributed significantly in his capacities as rancher, retailer, real property developer and president of Douglas Building and Loan Association, to the economy and upbuilding of Roseburg from the turn of the century to the time of the Great Depression.

This residence is currently home to Hokanson's Guest House Bed & Breakfast.

County / Borough / Parish: Douglas County Year listed: 1988 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Domestic Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 2: [Web Link] Street address: Not listed Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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