The large structure at lower right is the C.E. Mason School, named for a Beaverton physician who served nearly two decades on the Beaverton School District Board. He began his terms in 1917. The school was renamed Arts & Communication Academy in 1992.
The view looks west, towards Aloha. The 3-story building next to Tualatin Valley Highway was called the Main Building; it housed administration offices, classrooms, chapel, milk cellar, assembly hall, kitchen, and dining rooms for children, staff, priests and living quarters for older children and priests. To the north (at the left in the photo) and across two playing fields is gymnasium and pool. The building behind the barn is the barn for the working farm. The barn burned down in a spectacular fire. The children raised cows for milk, butter, ice cream, etc. The contributor of this information noted he had to mow the playing fields as part of his chores. Information contributed by Paul Paz, also known as The Paz Boys. in a spectacular fire. The children raised cows for milk, butter, ice cream, etc.
View looks southeast. SW Farmington Road extends left to right. The houses at the bottom right are on present-day Cedar Hills Boulevard. The two-story brick Cady Building is slightly left of center.
View looks east. SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway extends from lower left to upper right. SW Canyon Road is visible at far left. The field at lower left is the future site of Kaiser-Permanente. Further east also on the right side is the future site of Valley Plaza Shopping Center. Raleigh Hills can be seen towards the upper right.
Looking east over Orenco. The small community is on the right. The train track comes from the bottom right of the photo. The tracks that go off to the upper right head east to Beaverton, while the ones that curve around to the upper left head to the tracks that paralleled Cornelius Pass Road, which no longer exist. The road on the left side of the photo is SW Cornell Road. The big curve from upper right to left side parallels present-day NE 173rd Ave.
