McDougall-Campbell House

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name = McDougall-Campbell House


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lat_degrees = 45
lat_minutes = 32
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lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 122
long_minutes = 43
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long_direction = W
location = 3846 NW Thurman Street Portland, Oregon
built = 1910
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added = February 25, 2005
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The McDougall-Campbell House is a English Arts and Crafts-style house in Portland, Oregon, United States. It has elements of the English Cottage Style incorporated into the design. The house was designed by architect Josef Jacobberger and built in 1910.

Dominant are characteristics of the Arts and Crafts Movement, including use of natural materials (wood, brick, tile, stone), built-in cabinetry, shingles, a variety of window types, asymmetrical floor plans, multiple steeply pitched gables, an open porch, brick chimneys and rooms with an open flow extending to the exterior.

Important are elements of the English Cottage style including the eyebrow dormer, wrought iron work and the jerkinhead or clipped gable that is an architectural feature whose origins trace back to the thatched roof of Medieval England.

Jacoberger's use of the jerkinhead gable on the McDougall-Campbell House represents one of the earliest uses of that particular feature in Portland and the earliest known use of it by Jacobberger. This is significant because Jacobberger was admired and his creatively conceived, prominently placed architectural elements on houses were copied by other architects and builders. Because of this early use by Jacobberger, the jerkinhead gable became familiar with Portland architects and builders a decade before it appeared as a commonplace element on English Cottage Style houses of the 1920s.

Jacobberger designed three residences in Portland displaying the jerkinhead gables. The first was the McDougall-Campbell House in 1910. The second was the Arts and Crafts Style Alfred H. and Mary E. Smith House of 1912. He did not use it again until he designed the 1922 English Cottage Style Dr. James Rosenfeld House.

Landscaping contributes to the setting of the McDougall-Campbell House. Trees, shrubs, stone steps, lawn areas, walkways, a terracotta tiled patio, and terraces make up the yard, which is informal, overgrown and reminiscent of an English garden. A rock retaining wall runs the length of the property.

The Alexander McDougall Family purchased Lot 25 in Blythswood, the addition to Willamette Heights, in 1912. Their newlywed daughter, Marie McDougall, and her groom, Casmir Campbell, took possession of the Jacobberger-designed house that existed on the western portion of the lot. Alexander and his son, Natt, commissioned architect Ellis F. Lawrence to design their homes on the remaining lot. The three grand residences were connected by paths and raised footbridges to create the McDougall Estate.

External links

* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/OR/Multnomah/state6.html Multnomah County National Register of Historic Places list] from the unofficial commercial site nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com