Petzold, Richard, House - Oregon City, Oregon
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 45° 21.344 W 122° 36.387
10T E 530825 N 5022544
Historic American Foursquare style house in Oregon City, Oregon.
Waymark Code: WM654D
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 04/04/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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"The Petzold House is significant to the McLoughlin Historic District as well as Clackamas County, as the best preserved example of a Craftsmanstyled American Foursquare house. As such, it represents an architectural transition, both in style and in the career of Clackamas County's highly skilled carpenter-builders and inventors, Charles and Henry Vonderahe. The features which originally distinguished the Petzold House are virtually intact. This spacious residence was built in 1911 for Richard Petzold, a well-known Oregon City businessman who operated a meat market and owned considerable property in downtown Oregon City. Petzold, also a charter member of Zion Lutheran Church and a city councilman from 1920 to 1922, lived in the house with his family from 1911 until his death in 1936. His heirs owned the house until 1982, when it was sold to the present owner. During the 1960s the house was occupied by Joseph and Erna Aldrich. The Petzold House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985." - Oregon City Historic Resources Survey Form
Street address:
504 Sixth St.
Oregon City, Oregon


County / Borough / Parish: Clackamas

Year listed: 1985

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering

Periods of significance: 1900-1924

Historic function: Domestic

Current function: Domestic

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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