Category Archive: Historic

Frank Lloyd Wright in Rochester NY

Posted on: May 11th, 2012.
Categories: Historic

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/videonetwork/1628563349001/Wright-revival ...

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The Architectural Heritage Center: One of Portland’s Treasures

Posted on: January 11th, 2012.
Categories: Historic

  A link that we put on our web page some time ago is for the Architectural Heritage Center. For those of you who are unfamiliar the work of the AHC, allow me to say that it is one of Portland's treasures. In their own words, the ...

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A Visit to the Historic John Mock House

Posted on: September 14th, 2011.
Categories: Mac-Bo NewsHistoric

Yesterday evening, Kirk and I (Andrew) joined two friends for a pre-restoration tour of the John Mock House. Located prominently on Willamette Boulevard, this house is hard to miss for the thousands of travelers making their way in and out ...

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A Rare Visit to Pietro Bellushci’s Burkes House

Posted on: August 3rd, 2011.
Categories: Historic

Located at the end of a dead end lane in Portland's West Hills sits an extraordinary example of Mid-Century Modernist archtecture. Designed by Italian emigre and MIT School of Architecture Dean Pietro Belluschi, the Burkes House was built for a ...

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Frank Lloyd Wright in Oregon

Posted on: May 19th, 2011.
Categories: Historic

A while ago I went to the Oregon Gardens to visit the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed home in the state of Oregon: the Gordon House. Located in Silverton, inside the Oregon Gardens, the Gordon House found refuge here in 2002 after being moved ...

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Kirk and Andrew on the Kitchen Revival Tour

Posted on: April 27th, 2011.
Categories: Historic

Two weeks ago, Kirk and I (Andrew) went on the Architectural Heritage Center’s Kitchen Revival Tour, a tour of kitchens in historic homes around Portland. Far and above, our favorite kitchen was in the home of Marti and Robert Brom. This 1949 ...

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