HISTORIC HILLSBORO ORENCO, EST. 1906 old orenco WALKING MAP This historic community was established WWW.HILLSBORO-OREGON.GOV by the , from which the name “Orenco” was derived. The activity that is the subject of this brochure has been financed entirely with Federal Funds from the The Oregon Nursery Company was National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. the largest nursery on the west coast. However, the contents and opinions do not necessarily President Malcolm McDonald and reflect the views or policies of the Department of the Interior, nor does the mention of trade names Secretary/Treasurer Archibald McGill or commercial products constitute endorsement or moved the nursery from Salem recommendation by the Department of the Interior. to a 1,200-acre site here in 1906. This program receives Federal financial assistance The nursery company was one of the for identification and protection of historic properties. largest employers in the northwest, Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and was one of the first to create a profit- and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, sharing plan for company employees. the U.S. Department of the Interior prohibits discrimination McDonald and McGill were very on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability or age in its federally assisted programs. If you believe community-minded, and implemented you have been discriminated against in any program, a program of selling company land to activity, or facility as described above, or if you employees for construction of homes. desire further information, please write to: Office for Equal Opportunity WWW.HILLSBORO-OREGON.GOV/ National Park Service HISTORICLANDMARKS 1849 C Street NW Washington, D.C. 20240 503.681.6153

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ORENCO HIGH SCHOOL

FROM ORENCO HERITAGE SERIES BOOK ONE, BY LOU HANBERG LOU BY ONE, BOOK SERIES HERITAGE ORENCO FROM

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immigrants were whom of many residents,

The population was approximately 300-500 300-500 approximately was population The

mayor. elected is McDonald and city a

Orenco is officially incorporated as as incorporated officially is Orenco

1913: 1913:

Oregon Travel Information Council. Council. Information Travel Oregon

by Oregon Travel Experience, a division of the the of division a Experience, Travel Oregon by

Oregon Heritage Tree program administered administered program Tree Heritage Oregon

officially dissolved. officially

2013, the Orenco Elms were included in the the in included were Elms Orenco the 2013,

The town of Orenco was was Orenco of town The

1938: 1938: and 228th, 229th, and 230th Avenues. In In Avenues. 230th and 229th, 228th, and

can be seen along Birch and Chestnut Streets, Streets, Chestnut and Birch along seen be can closed.

planted, lining the streets of Orenco. The trees trees The Orenco. of streets the lining planted, Oregon Nursery Company Company Nursery Oregon

1927: 1927:

One hundred and twenty elms were were elms twenty and hundred One

1912: 1912:

depression and World War I. I. War World and depression

edge of Orenco (see map description 10). 10). description map (see Orenco of edge were in decline due largely to the the to largely due decline in were

ON BIRCH STREET) BIRCH ON Arts & Crafts style home on 90 acres at the eastern eastern the at acres 90 on home style Crafts & Arts town and nursery the however,

PROGRAM (BOTH PHOTOS LOOKING WEST WEST LOOKING PHOTOS (BOTH PROGRAM

McDonald built his nearly 7,700 square foot foot square 7,700 nearly his built McDonald

ARE PART OF THE OREGON HERITAGE TREE TREE HERITAGE OREGON THE OF PART ARE

of Washington County. By 1924, 1924, By County. Washington of

1912: 1912:

(BELOW) 1912 IN ORENCO IN PLANTED ELMS

was referred to as the Garden Spot Spot Garden the as to referred was

line travels the same route. route. same the travels line

standing. still are homes nal At its peak, Orenco Orenco peak, its At

1914-1915: 1914-1915:

1 workers and commuters. Today, the MAX rail light MAX the Today, commuters. and workers

- origi many and store drug the

role in shipping nursery stock and transporting transporting and stock nursery shipping in role

Of the original town, one church, the general store, store, general the church, one town, original the Of

the modern station lies, and served an important important an served and lies, station modern the

south of Orenco was known as a bootlegger’s place. place. bootlegger’s a as known was Orenco of south

ORENCO’S MAIN (ALDER) STREET WITH DRUG STORE AND MERCANTILE AND STORE DRUG WITH STREET (ALDER) MAIN ORENCO’S Orenco Station was established just east of where where of east just established was Station Orenco

the squatter’s log house house log squatter’s the

nursery property instead of a more southerly route. route. southerly more a of instead property nursery

however however

ORENCO TRAIN DEPOT, 1908 DEPOT, TRAIN ORENCO

connection from Portland to Forest Grove through through Grove Forest to Portland from connection

no saloon; saloon; no

the to construct its new new its construct to Railway Electric Oregon the

city had had city

The nursery company successfully lobbied lobbied successfully company nursery The

shop. The The shop. 1908: 1908:

and a print print a and

and numerous multi-paned windows. windows. multi-paned numerous and

cream parlor parlor cream

the low-pitched roofs, wide eaves, exposed rafters rafters exposed eaves, wide roofs, low-pitched the

stable, ice ice stable,

many of the workers’ homes in Orenco, evident in in evident Orenco, in homes workers’ the of many

shop, livery livery shop,

in the same style. This style carried forward into into forward carried style This style. same the in

many heirloom fruit tree growers. growers. tree fruit heirloom many blacksmith

constructed an even larger home home larger even an constructed

for its resistance to disease, and is available from from available is and disease, to resistance its for yard, lumber

President Malcolm McDonald McDonald Malcolm President

MCGILL HOME, 1911 HOME, MCGILL

result. The Orenco apple tree is still highly regarded regarded highly still is tree apple Orenco The result. store, ware

MAX train. In 1912, company company 1912, In train. MAX

Company suffered severe economic setbacks as a a as setbacks economic severe suffered Company - hard houses,

but can be glimpsed from the the from glimpsed be can but

Nursery Oregon the and however, plan, that boarding several hotel, a store,

tucked away on a wooded estate estate wooded a on away tucked

apples to Europe. Onset of World War I derailed derailed I War World of Onset Europe. to apples drug a tables, billiard with

Arts & Crafts-style structure is is structure Crafts-style & Arts

apple trees in the 1910s with plans to export the the export to plans with 1910s the in trees apple barbershop a churches, two

Orenco. The 5,600-square foot foot 5,600-square The Orenco.

content, the nursery planted one million Orenco Orenco million one planted nursery the content, stores, grocery two store, goods

the first house in the town of of town the in house first the

Highly desirable for of its flavor and high sugar sugar high and flavor its of for desirable Highly dry general a with city, 1913

Treasurer Archibald McGill builds builds McGill Archibald Treasurer

and cider apple, the “Orenco apple.” apple.” “Orenco the apple, cider and modern a of amenities the all

Secretary/ Company

1907: 1907:

dessert versatile highly a developed had and acres 640 covered

Company Nursery Orenco The city The Hungary. from THE TOWN OF OLD ORENCO OLD OF TOWN THE BARCLAY HOUSE WILSON HOUSE BUNGALOW HOME ORENCO GROCERY/ ORENCO DRUG 1 • 22945 NW CHESTNUT 2 • 22920 NW CHESTNUT 3 • 22930 NW BIRCH MERCANTILE 5 • 22870 NW ALDER 4 • 22930 NW ALDER This house was built circa 1912 and This bungalow was constructed This bungalow home was constructed This was the original Orenco Drug is an example of the late nineteenth/ in 1914. Jacob Wilson and Belle circa 1920, and still displays much This building was constructed circa Store, located on Alder Street early twentieth century American Holcomb Wilson were early residents of the charm and character of the 1908, reflecting the late nineteenth/ (formerly known as Main Street) Movements style. Henry Culver of the house. Belle Wilson owned original Orenco homes. Little is early twentieth century American between the Orenco Mercantile and purchased the lot for this house farmland outside of Orenco, on her documented about the people who Movements style, with Italianate the Orenco Hotel. Constructed circa in 1910 from the Oregon Nursery own and together with her husband. resided here. This property includes detailing visible in the decorative 1910, the building had a false front, Company for $150, then sold it to This home retains original materials, five outstanding examples of the scrolled brackets on the front of the which has since been removed to his brother John nine months later notably the three 12-pane casement Orenco elm trees that were recently building. The mercantile was built by reveal the gabled end. The building’s for $175. Both brothers immigrated windows in the dormer above the added to the Oregon Heritage the Oregon Nursery Company, and first occupant was Dr. W.B. Cun- to the United States from England front porch. Tree program. was owned and operated by several ningham, who lived and practiced in 1907. John had this home built area residents over the years. The medicine in a tent until the building for himself and his wife, Maud, who ground floor served as the town’s was erected. In 1915, the property also was English. John Culver was mercantile, with a butcher shop and was purchased by Dr. Frederick a merchandise salesman. The Culvers confectionary in the annex, but also K. Anderson, who advertised the lived in the house until 1914. housed the town’s post office off and “Orenco Drug Store, Dr. Anderson The house is now referred to as the on from 1930 to 1955. The upper proprietor.” Barclay House, honoring the family floor of the mercantile was a com- that has owned and cared for the munity hall used for many purposes, house for many years. including a roller skating rink.

ORENCO STATION MAX LIGHT RAIL STOP

NW ALDER

4 5

(ALLEY)

6 7 8 NW BIRCH

3 9 ORENCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (ALLEY)

1 NW CHESTNUT 10

2

(ALLEY)

NW DOGWOOD NW 231ST NW 230TH NW 229TH NW 228TH NW 227TH NW 226TH NW 225TH

BERRY HOUSE UNITARIAN CHURCH MANSE MCGEE HOUSE MCDONALD HOUSE 6 • 1255 NW 228TH UNIVERSALIST CHURCH 8 • 22735 NW BIRCH 9 • 22810 NW BIRCH 10 • 22180 NW BIRCH 7 • 22785 NW BIRCH Built circa 1909, the house is a 1.5 The manse was constructed in 1914 This 1912 bungalow is notable for its Oregon Nursery Company President story bungalow in the vernacular Constructed in 1911, this was the as the residence for the pastor of fine Craftsman details including the Malcolm McDonald built his nearly style. The house was constructed first church in Orenco, and known the Orenco Presbyterian Church exposed rafter tails with ornamental 7,700-square-foot Arts & Crafts style by the Oregon Nursery Company since its beginning as the Orenco (adjacent). The manse was designed detailing, and the porch columns home on 90 acres at the eastern edge for Mrs. Anna Berry, a long-time Presbyterian Church. The congrega- by F.W. Foley, the architect for the which are square tapered pairs and of Orenco. McDonald hosted com- employee and bookkeeper for the tion began meeting two years before Orenco Presbyterian Church. The triplets. The home was constructed pany picnics and banquets for visiting firm. According to 1910 Census the building was built. At the first property on which the manse sits for John McGee, his wife Valda and businessmen on the grounds of his records, Mrs. Berry had two boarders, meeting, Oregon Nursery Company was donated by nursery President daughter Helen. John McGee was home. In 1953 the property became one of whom was Laura Cavers, age executives Archibald McGill and Malcolm McDonald and Treasurer sales manager and treasurer of the a golf course. It was bought in 1970 23. Miss Cavers was a recent graduate Malcolm McDonald each offered Archibald McGill. Oregon Nursery Company. McGee by the Hillsboro Elks Lodge 1862. of the University of Oregon Law $1,000 if the community would was also politically active and In 2013 a large portion of the School and was head of the collection build a church. In addition, both men held elected positions within the property was purchased by the City department for the nursery company. donated land for the building. The township of Orenco, including mayor of Hillsboro Parks & Recreation The house is prominent in the church was designed by architect F.W. and justice of the peace in 1925. Department, in partnership with foreground of the photo inset on the Foley, and constructed by W.A. Sim- Valda McGee served as the first Metro and the Trust for Public Land. map, which was shot from the second mons and I.D. McNish of Portland. postmistress for Orenco. Much of the site is in the planning floor of the Orenco Public School. It is a fine example of Craftsman style stages for development as a regional building with Tudor Revival detailing. nature park to frame the home and extensive wetland and upland areas.