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Saturday May 18th
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.
212 Washington Street - John and Daisy Etchison House

This one story bungalow sits under a front gable roof, with a small gable projecting to the west from the south side of the primary façade to cover the front porch. The porch gable is supported by square tapered columns resting on a solid balustrade clad with the same double drop siding as the rest of the house. The gables feature deep open eaves and knee brackets that penetrate the wide barge boards. A rectangular bay is cantilevered out from the north side of the house, just east of the large exterior brick chimney. The house rests on a parged concrete foundation with a fully developed water table. The windows are typically double-hung with divided upper sashes, but the west windows have been replaced with three fixed aluminum sashes. The windows typically feature wide surrounds with decorative edge and apron molding. A second chimney is located near the northeast corner of the house, and is an interior chimney. A small garage sits on the east end of the lot, clad with drop siding finished with cornerboards. The garage, unlike the house, has minimal eaves.

Statement of Significance: In 1879, Isaac Farr Jr. purchased lots 1-8 from John and Sarah Myers. Annis Farr sold lots 3 and 6 to John and Daisy Etchison in 1912. John was a carrier for the post office. Daisy Brady, formerly Etchison, sold both lots to Leslie and Bernice Cooke in 1943. Leslie was a truck driver. In 1953, Blanch Erickson, a Safeway clerk, also lived in the house. By 1958, Leslie had become a salesman for Clackamas District Co.