The Lake Oswego Preservation Society is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation founded in 2011. !Our mission is to support Lake Oswego’s historic fabric through advocacy and education. !Officers: !Marylou Colver, President !Pat Snider, Secretary !Jack Walsdorf, Treasurer !Directors: Pam Hayden Scott Howard Bonnie Kroft Rosanne Sachson Larry Snyder Emogene Waggoner !!!

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Quote of the Quarter: "How will we know it’s us without our past?” John Steinbeck

We see a future in our past.

On September 6th, we set sail for history again with our third annual Classic Houses and History Boat Tour on Oswego Lake! Actually, there were two tours that day and seven volunteer motor boats transported a total of 100 people who attended our highly popular signature fundraising event. As with all that we do, this event fulfills the Society’s mission: To support Lake Oswego’s historic fabric through advocacy and education. This year’s testimonials from attendees included: • “It was well worth every penny. Thank

you!” • “We learned a lot.” • “This was the most well organized event

I’ve ever attended.” • “Thank you for all that you do for Lake

Oswego.” We are very grateful to our tour sponsors. The premier sponsor was Steve Kaer of Kaer Property Group Coldwell Banker Seal: kaerpropertygroup.com. Nicoletta’s Table and Marketplace: nicolettastable.com is a distinguished sponsor for their in-kind donation of refreshments. Our supporting sponsors were House of Antique Hardware: houseofantiquehardware.com and MCM Construction Inc. Restoration/Marine: mcmbuild.com. Thanks also to The Bank of Oswego for their contribution. Please support these generous, local area businesses. It takes countless volunteer hours to put on this event. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the steering committee, tour guides, boat drivers, photographer, and the shore crew. Because the Society is an all-volunteer organization, 100 percent of the proceeds from this event benefit our mission.

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2014 Classic Houses & History

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It’s time to dig those old home movies out of the attic! The Society is gathering vintage footage of Lake Grove and Oswego from the 1920s through the 1960s with the intent of producing a film festival. The Society will pay to transfer film to DVD and return the original and a DVD copy to you. If you already have a DVD, we will cover the cost of making a copy. All of the transfers are done locally, so there’s no danger of loss or damage in transit; your material will be handled with great care. If you have footage to share, please contact us at: 503-481-2479 or 4lohistory@lakeoswegopreservationsociety.org. If you know someone who might have home movies depicting the town, please pass along this request.  You can be a part of helping us compile this unique glimpse of our “reel” history and create a fun, new community event!

It’s a Party! It’s said that “Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer.” The Society is an all-volunteer organization so we understand and appreciate those who choose to donate their time by serving on the Board of Directors or on our Advisory Board. We work hard, but we also believe in having fun and celebrating our successes! What better way could there be to celebrate our preservation efforts than dining at an historic house? An al fresco dinner is held every summer at the 1925 Headrick-Carothers House, the City of Lake Oswego Landmark home of our founder and president, Marylou Colver. As in years past, a good time was had by all! To learn more about the members of these boards, please visit: http://

lakeoswegopreservationsociety.org/board-and-advisors/ 2014 celebration dinner for the Society’s Board and Advisory Board.

The Society achieved a milestone when the 500th person recently liked the Society’s Facebook page. It’s a great way to stay in touch with Society activities and, best of all, it’s free! If you haven’t already liked our page: https://www.facebook.com/lakeoswegopreservationsociety, you can help us on our way to our next 500 likes. There will be a prize for the 1,000th person to like our page!

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!!Stay in Touch! !Website: !lakeoswegopreservationsociety.org !Mail: !P.O. Box 502 Marylhurst, OR 97036 !Email: !4lohistory@lakeoswegopreservationsociety.org !Telephone: !503.481.2479 !Social Media: !If you use social media, we invite you to like the Lake Oswego Preservation Society’s Facebook page. It’s a great way to show your support and to see up-to-the-minute announcements of our preservation updates and events.

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On Saturday, September 13th, passengers boarded a jet boat at Jon Storm Park in Oregon City for a one-hour, non-stop narrated history tour from the Willamette Falls to Lake Oswego. In all, there were five excursions to Lake Oswego. Historians Susanna Kuo and Marylou Colver researched and wrote the narrative covering 12 of Lake Oswego's historic riverfront sites. These tours were one of many Willamette Falls Heritage Area Coalition events held that day in conjunction with Lock Fest. The Lake Oswego jet boat tours were funded by a $5,000 Clackamas County Community Partnership Program Grant awarded to the Society this year.

Jet Setters Enjoy History!

National Park Service Visit! The Willamette Falls Heritage Area Coalition has worked for seven years towards the goal of becoming Oregon’s first National Heritage Area, a designation bestowed

by Congress. Society president, Marylou Colver, serves on their board and the City of Lake Oswego is an official member of this coalition. Councilor Jon Gustafson serves as the other Lake Oswego representative on the board. Linda Stonier, the Pacific West Region National Heritage Area Coordinator, recently visited several heritage sites included in the feasibility study. Iron industry expert, and Advisory Board member, Susanna Kuo, was her tour guide for the visit to Lake Oswego’s 1866 Oregon Iron Furnace.

To learn more about the Coalition, please visit: wfheritage.org. To find out more about National Heritage

Areas, please visit: http://www.nps.gov/history/heritageareas/FAQ/. !!

Passengers learn about the Crown-Willamette Log Loading Station, that mysterious cement structure just south of George Rogers Park!

Susanna Kuo (left) explains the operation of the 1866 iron furnace to National Park Service representative, Linda Stonier.

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Advocacy Corner The Society is the only local non-profit testifying on behalf of all of our threatened landmarks. Since our founding in 2011, public hearings have been held regarding proposed major alterations or delisting

of five of our 43 landmark homes and one non-residential property. No other organization does what we do for Lake Oswego. !

Carman House Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) handed down a statewide victory for preservation by ruling in the Society’s favor in Lake Oswego Preservation Society v. City of Lake Oswego. Daniel Kearns, a member of the Portland law firm Reeve & Kearns PC, has done an excellent job as our legal representative. Edward Sullivan and Carrie Richter. both local land use attorneys, co-authored a recent op-ed piece published in the Daily Journal of Commerce. They state that this case “will have a demonstrable impact on preservation efforts throughout the state.” They also note: “The value of a historic resource and its overall contribution to a community does not lessen when contemporary development pressures create incentives to develop that may have not existed when a resource is designated.” The applicant has appealed LUBA’s decision to Oregon’s Court of Appeals. The case is scheduled to be heard at 9:00 AM on November 7th in Salem. Daniel Kearns will continue to represent the Society. The Court of Appeals’ ruling is expected to be the final decision and, if so, it will stand as case law. !Christie School ! Another victory for preservation was handed down recently by the City’s Historic Resources Advisory Board (HRAB). HRAB voted unanimously to deny a request by Tennessee-based Youth Villages, the owner of the Christie School, to remove the historic designation that protects this 1908 building designed by architect Conradin Alfred Breitung. The applicant’s attorney, Joseph Voboril of the firm Tonkon Torp, based the delisting request on Oregon’s owner consent law, the same criteria as the Carman House. Thanks to countless hours of research by our Advisory Board member, Erin O’Rourke-Meadors, the property deed was found which proved that the Christie School was not the owner at the time of the historic designation. This discovery meant that the applicant had no right, under the state statute, to object. Youth Villages chose not to appeal the decision.

The 1908 orphanage, designed by Breitung, as it appears today.

An interior photo of the Carman House taken during an estate sale in 2012.

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