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Wednesday May 23rd
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.
808 1st Avenue - George Draper House c.1886

Statement of Significance: George Byron Draper was born in New York in 1823, and served as a school teacher in Canemah. His wife, Frances Martha Moore, was born in Tennessee in 1859. They had a large family, including sons Charles, Thomas, Harry (of Huntley-Draper Drug Store fame), John, and two daughters, Martha (Matty) and Louise. This house was one of a number of properties originally owned by George Draper. Draper ran a private school in Canemah. The house is significant for its age and its association with the Draper family.