Charles and Fae Olson House
Charles and Fae Olson House | |
 The Olson House in 2015 | |
  Location in Gresham, Oregon | |
| Location | 765 SW Walters Road Gresham, Oregon |
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| Coordinates | 45°29′30″N 122°26′02″W / 45.491587°N 122.433768°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) (approx.)[1] |
| Built | 1946 (begun) 1957 (finished)[1] |
| Built by | Charles Olson |
| Architect | Charles Olson |
| Architectural style | Modern |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000921 |
| Added to NRHP | September 7, 2007 |
The Charles and Fae Olson House is a historic house in Gresham, Oregon, United States. Designed and hand-built by the novice owner-occupant as his version of the "dream house" that sustained many men and women overseas during World War II, its modern styling embodies the breaks with tradition embraced by the generation returning from the war. The main outlines of the plan were developed during mail correspondence between Charles Olson and his wife Fae while he was serving in the Pacific, and many features are patterned on the books and magazines available to him. The Olsons' willingness to devote their own labor to its construction allowed them to avoid the constraints of commercial and government financing, which favored standardized suburban tract construction during the immediate postwar period, and to flexibly adapt to the material shortages of the time.[1][2]
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Olson, Gregg (April 29, 2007), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Olson, Charles and Fae, House (PDF), retrieved September 26, 2014.
- ^ Franzen, Robin (May 26, 2008), "Building their American dream in a time of war", The Oregonian, Portland, retrieved September 26, 2014.
- ^ National Park Service (September 14, 2007). "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/04/07 through 9/07/07". Retrieved September 26, 2014.
External links
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Media related to Charles and Fae Olson House at Wikimedia Commons- National Register of Historic Places photographic file
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