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Monday May 21st
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.
112 Miller Street - Lena Klemsen Residence c.1917

Statement of Significance: Mrs. Lena Klemsen, born in Germany in 1861, was the wife of a saloon owner and liquor dealer, D.M. Klemsen (Klempson), who was also born in Germany. The Klemsens emigrated from Germany in the early 1880s, and lived in Iowa for a while, where their first son, Alfred, was born. They arrived in Oregon around 1890. This building is a typical Oregon City bungalow. Within the Canemah National Register Historic District, the building is classified as a Compatible structure.