Black and white image of the completed new Washington County Administration building. Construction was completed in October of 1974, in the second of a three phase plan to expand the county's government office space to meet the needs of the growing county population.
Black and white image of several men watching a wrecking ball destroy a building. Washington county in the late 1960s and early 1970s was the fastest growing county in Oregon, and the expansion was necessary to provide room for the growing county government. Construction on this phase of the project was finished in late 1972. In the background on the left of the image is the new county jail, finished in 1971 as part of phase one of this expansion project.
Black and white image of several men watching a wrecking ball destroy a building. Washington county in the late 1960s and early 1970s was the fastest growing county in Oregon, and the expansion was necessary to provide room for the growing county government. Construction on this phase of the project was finished in late 1972.
Black and white image of a large backhoe sitting in back of the Washington County Courthouse where a building was recently demolished to make way for a new county jail. The county's first 'modern' jail was completed in 1970; it had been not-quite 120 years since the first jail was built in the county. Washington county in the late 1960s and early 1970s was the fastest growing county in Oregon.
Black and white image of a holiday scene in front of the County courthouse. A large, inflatable Santa stands to the right of the image, while on the steps of the courthouse a brass band can be seen. Some people mill about on the lawn, while others wait on the sidewalk. Christmas stars hang from the pediment on the portico, and other holiday decorations are also visible. While everyone in the image wears coats, there is no snow on the ground.
Black and white image of the Hillsboro Courthouse at night. Lighted stars hang from the pediment on the front portion, and candles and other decorations are displayed in windows and on the columns of the entrance. Snow covers the ground in front of the courthouse.
Black and white image mounted on cardboard of the steel framing for an airport control tower. The top of the building has been mostly framed in in glass. The tower was added to the existing airport in 1965, after the Port of Portland took control of the airport.
Black and white image mounted on cardboard of the steel framing for an airport control tower. The airport has been in existence since 1928, but was taken over by the Port of Portland in 1964. In 1966, the air traffic control tower was built by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Black and white image of a skating rink behind a number of tall pines. A group of people are standing around the open entrance. Shute Park was the main site of civic activities in Washington County, including the county fair, until the County Fairgrounds were built. Over time the building deteriorated, and in 1974, when it was determined that it would cost more to bring it up to code than was reasonable, the building was demolished. Shute Park is named for John W. Shute, who founded the First National Bank in Hillsboro in 1888. Shute had arrived in Oregon in 1858 by the unusual route of crossing the Isthmus of Panama and then taking a steamer up the Pacific Coast.
Black and white image of the pavilion at Shute Park in Hillsboro. Used for dancing at first, the building was adapted to many uses, including housing an infantry unit and a national guard unit. Shute Park was the main site of civic activities in Washington County, including the county fair, until the County Fairgrounds were built. Over time the building deteriorated, and in 1974, when it was determined that it would cost more to bring it up to code than was reasonable, the building was demolished. Shute Park is named for John W. Shute, who founded the First National Bank in Hillsboro in 1888. Shute had arrived in Oregon in 1858 by the unusual route of crossing the Isthmus of Panama and then taking a steamer up the Pacific Coast.
Black and white photograph of Tuality Hospital. Founded in 1918 and named Jones Hospital in 1920, in honor of its founder, the hospital was purchase by a non-profit community group in 1954 and renamed Tuality Community Hospital. This building had 74 beds, a nursery and two delivery rooms, surgeries, and a laboratory. Minnie Jones Coy, the founder, died in 1952.
Black and white image of a priest in a cassock seated on a grey horse. The horse stands in front of a stone building. Father Joseph was born in Switzerland in 1837 and emigrated to the United States in 1871. He served in Jordan, in Linn County, before relocating to Hillsboro after 1900.
Black and white image of a group of boys and men gathered to watch as a Catholic church official (likely a bishop) prepares to turn over a shovel full of earth. St. Mary's Boys' home was founded by the Catholic church in 1889 as an orphanage. While it was run by the Sisters of St. Mary's of Oregon for almost fifty years, in 1953 they withdrew from the home, though it kept their name. In the 1960s, it was a self-sufficient campus with its own dairy, orchards and livestock, providing a home for boys ages 6 to 14.
Black and white image of a group of boys and several adults watching as a priest ceremonially breaks ground with a shovel. Though the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon were no longer affiliated with the school after 1953, the school today retains the 'St Mary's' name as the modern iteration of the orphanage which first brought the sisters to Beaverton in 1891.
Black and white image of a group of people gathered in front of a church building. Most likely the event commemorated here is the dedication of an expansion of the church building and its basement. Tualatin Plains Presbyterian was founded in 1873 by four families from Glasgow, Scotland. One of the most well-known historic buildings in the area, the current building was completed in 1878. The stained glass windows in the front are from Scotland, and at one point in the 1980s vandals broke one of the panes. This pane was an unusual dark red color, so the church contacted the original manufacturer in Scotland. The company subsequently unearthed the original, now century-old order in their archives, and was able to manufacture an exact replica for the broken pane.
Black and white image of the Hillsboro First Baptist Church at night with a large neon cross brightly lit as it hangs from the belfry. The Reverend John Schierling listed on the reader board served as pastor of the congregation from 1945 to 1957. The church has occupied its present site has at the corner of 2nd and Lincoln streets since 1921. Though the exterior features composite siding, the building's architectural style is Mission Revival.
Black and white image of a man on a stage expounding from an open bible. A number of other men on stage behind him are following along, and a couple of women look on. The banner at the back of the stage is not entirely visible, but appears to read 'Christ for the Crisis,' possibly referring to a group in the 1940s and 1950s that was conducting revivals focusing on the fulfillment of biblical prophecy and the perceived threat of communist Russia and the Iron Curtain to Western democracies.
Black and white image of a wooden church building in the Carpenter gothic style. Built in 1892 for the local Methodist Episcopal congregation, the building was known as 'Wesley Chapel.' Home to a Methodist congregation for forty years, it was later leased to a number of other churches and other community groups. In 1965 the building was demolished.
Black and white image of a Romanesque revival church, Visitation Church in Verboort, Oregon. The Verboort community was founded in 1875 when the Verboort family with three other Dutch families settled in the area, calling themselves The Catholic Colony of Forest Grove. Many of the other Catholic churches in the area were founded by groups from this original church. The current building was erected in 1959; the sequoias on either side date from 1888.
Interior of a small chapel, whitewashed with chairs in rows. The only decorations are a Bible verse and a United States flag on the rear wall behind the pulpit, a missions map and a picture of Jesus on one wall. The attendance board lists 84 members, of which 61 were in attendance last week and 57 this week.
Black and white photograph of a man working beneath the wing of his hand-built aircraft. The airfield is most likely the Bernard Airport in Beaverton, Oregon, once considered the busiest non-commercial airport in the United States and famous for its hand built, amateur aircraft. Built on the site of a failed movie studio, the airport itself was replaced in 1969 by Beaverton Mall.
Black and white photograph (overexposed) of a handmade, single-engine airplane built by Les Long. The airfield is most likely the Bernard Airport in Beaverton, Oregon, once considered the busiest non-commercial airport in the United States and famous for its hand built, amateur aircraft. Built on the site of a failed movie studio, the airport itself was replaced in 1969 by Beaverton Mall.
Pencil drawing of two Civil War soldiers, William and Samuel Clapshaw. The Clapshaw brothers settled in Hillside, northwest of Forest Grove after the war. In the 1880 census, both brothers and their father are listed as farmers. All three were born in England.
