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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.
900 4th Avenue - E.M. Howell Rental c.1920

Statement of Significance: The title to this house is unclear: E.M. Howell (712 12th Street) was a real estate investor in later life, and he and his wife, Ann, held title to the property until it was sold to the present owner's relatives, George and Geraldine Turner, in 1941. However, the current owner claims a Bill Gold built a small house on the property in the early 1920s. Gold was a boxer. The house may have some interest because of its association with E.M. Howell, a prominent Oregon City businessman. In the Canemah NR District, the house is classified as a Compatible structure.