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Oregon City Planning Department
The Planning Division is responsible for all long range and current planning as well as the implementation of the Oregon City Comprehensive Plan and associated Municipal Ordinances.
1109 Monroe Street - L.D. Garmine House

This c.1916 gable-and-wing house is square in plan. A gabled dormer is present in the center of the gabled roofline. A wide bargeboard and decorative trim molding are present below the eave line. A shed roof exists over an altered front porch enclosure with a modern insulated metal chimney located at the center of the shed roof. A non-historic entrance door is recessed with concrete steps leading up from the street level. The typical window style is modern aluminum 1/1 windows with fixed storm windows attached. A sliding picture window is present under the shed roof. The exterior is clad in shingle siding. Alterations include the enclosure of a front porch at the front elevation. The date of the alteration is unknown.

Statement of Significance: Ledger D. Garmine, a carpenter, who lived at this address in 1916 may have built this house. Garmine sold to Frank and Nellie Serne in 1920. Serne, a CWP Company worker, lived here until his death in 1961. Irene Welch became the owner occupant, thereafter.