Portrait of Mark Bailey Bump, in his twenties, in a dark suit, with white bow tie. Bump has handlebar mustache, wears wire rim glasses, short hair, with curl at forehead. Mark Bailey Bump (1872-1951), Hillsboro lawyer, and brother of Forest Grove resident Daniel Bump.
Picture of three boys and a girl sitting on a wood sidewalk with their feet in the grass. Behind them is a packed dirt street and beyond the street is a house.
Picture taken from the water tower located on the west side of A Street between Pacific Avenue and 21st Avenue. View is looking west. The street in the lower front is B Street and the road at the top middle is Pacific Avenue going west.
Picture taken from the water tower located on the west side of A Street between Pacific Avenue and 21st Avenue. View is looking northeast. The street in the central part of the picture is 21st Avenue going toward Pacific University. Pacific University is in the large trees in the upper right of the picture. The west end of the Congregational Church can be seen in front of these trees.
Picture taken from the water tower located on the west side of A Street between Pacific Avenue and 21st Avenue. View is looking south-southeast. The large roof in the lower front is the Loughlin House (hotel) on the corner of A Street and Pacific Avenue, facing A Street. The large roof on the far right is the Forest Grove Hotel on Pacific Avenue. A Street is going south.
A white 2-story Victorian hotel building, with cross cathedral floor plan, with spindle work on the matching hipped gabled roofs. Italianate windows on first story. 5 smaller gabled windows are visible on east side, on the second story. Trees in foreground. This building was located on the south side of Pacific Avenue between Main Street and A Street. Street is packed dirt with no curb, sidewalk is probably wood. Street car tracks are visible in the street A two story house can be seen on the right, just beyond the hotel. This is the home of Joseph Marsh.
The first water system on Forest Grove was constructed in 1895 and was privately owned by E. W. Haines. Water was pumped from Gales Creek near the present Light Department building to the water tower. . This stored water was used mainly for fighting fires and some irrigation. The water tower was located on A Street between Pacific Avenue and 21st Avenue and set back from the street. This picture was taken from 21st Avenue looking southeast. The back of the Laughlin House (hotel) is on the right.
A colorized picture of a motor car built by McKeen Motor Car Company of Omaha, Nebraska. McKeen cars had a distinctive "wind-splitter" pointed aerodynamic front end and a rounded rear end. This car was powered by an internal combustion engine located on the front truck of the car. These cars were manufactured between 1905 and 1917. The car has no identifying marks except for the number 9 on the side in two places. Of interest is the dropped center door for passengers ease of entering or leaving the car. This car is also the short version of 55 feet, the longer version is 70 feet long. The engineer is at his window, another man is standing at the dropped center door and people can be seen sitting inside the car.
Forest Grove High School Class with faculty members standing outside of a portrait. One student is sitting on a box with FOREST GROVE HIGH SCHOOL hand written on the front of the box.
This four story building is the second building called Herrick Hall but commonly called Ladies’ Hall. The first building was made of wood and destroyed by fire in 1906. This second building, built in 1907, was made of brick and concrete but it too was destroyed by fire in 1973.
Picture of two buildings on the Pacific University campus. The building on the left is the gymnasium and the building on the right is now called Old College Hall. This is the original location of this building before being relocated three times. This building was built in 1850 and was known as Tualatin Academy. This is the oldest structure in Forest Grove.
This two story house, closest to the camera, is on 21st Avenue between A Street and B Street and is right across from the Post Office. This Craftsman style house was built around 1910. The steps, front porch and door are centered in the front. The porch has its own gable style roof and extends a few feet on each side of the door. There is a large gable in the front, centered above the porch and another is on the right side, which extends to the front corner of the house. Windows are grouped in the classic Craftsman style. The next house in the picture was built after the first house and is loosing some of the Craftsman style features. Windows are more singular and there is a hip roof on the on the right front and side of the porch. The third house in this picture is on the northeast corner of 21st Avenue and B Street. This house is obscured by trees with only the side door visible. The sidewalk and street are both paved.
This two story house on the northwest corner of 15th Avenue and Elm Street is known as the Barnes House and the Marble House and is in the Queen Anne Victorian style. This house, facing Elm Street, is somewhat narrow in the front but with a large gable on the left facing the front and a third story tower on the right it looks large. There is a roofed window bay on the first floor below the gable. The porch starts at the end of the gable and looks to go around to the right side of the house. The porch has its own roof. There is a small outbuilding on the right. It looks like screens are place on the ground beside windows as if they were being installed or taken down. The sidewalk is wood. The street is not visible in the picture but there is a tall possibly concrete curb. Grass and weeds are growing in front of the curb indicating the street is dirt.
A two story house still located at the southwest corner of 16th Avenue and Cedar Street. The ground floor has steps to the house on the left front, then a window bay with a covered porch starting on the right side of the window bay. The porch extends to the end of the house and goes down the right side about half way. A hammock is attached to the right side of the window bay and the first post that supports the porch roof. A boy, around 5 or 6 years old is standing at the front corner of the porch looking toward the camera. The roof has a gable facing the front over the window bay and another on the right side starting where the porch roof ends. Between the two gables is a hip-style roof on the house and on the porch corner. The sidewalk is wood and the street is packed dirt.
The first Congregational Church was destroyed by fire in 1901. The second church was destroyed by fire in 1919. This brick building was built in 1920 and is the third in a series of Congregational Churches on this property along 21st Avenue between Main Street and College Way. The front is an unusual quarter-round with entrances close to each end, one on College Way and one on 21st Avenue. Each entrance is in a tower that appears to be one story above the roofline of the building. The building is two stories high with a partial basement. There is a sign our front but not readable This picture was taken from the Pacific University campus. The street appears to be paved with a curb but there is no sign of a sidewalk. There is a three globe street light on the corner. There is concrete steps and walkway from the street to the entry steps. On the left of the church is a two story building with a stack of firewood along the end of the building facing College Way. On the right, in the background, are a couple of 1920’s, maybe early 1930’s cars on Main Street and three storefronts can be seen. The one on the right has a sign towards the top of the two story building DRUGS.
The first Congregational Church was destroyed by fire in 1901. The second church was destroyed by fire in 1919. This brick building was built in 1920 and is the third in a series of Congregational Churches on this property along 21st Avenue between Main Street and College Way. The front is an unusual quarter-round with entrances close to each end, one on College Way and one on 21st Avenue. Each entrance is in a tower that appears to be one story above the roofline of the building. The building is two stories high with a partial basement. There is a sign our front but not readable This picture was taken from the Pacific University campus. The street appears to be paved with a curb but there is no sign of a sidewalk. There is concrete steps and walkway from the street to the entry steps. On the right, in the background, are a couple of 1920’s cars on Main Street and two storefronts can be seen. The one on the left has a sign towards the top of the two story building DRUGS.
The first Congregational Church was destroyed by fire in 1901. The second church was destroyed by fire in 1919. This brick building was built in 1920 and is the third in a series of Congregational Churches on this property along 21st Avenue between Main Street and College Way. The front is an unusual quarter-round with entrances close to each end, one on College Way and one on 21st Avenue. Each entrance is in a tower that appears to be one story above the roofline of the building. The building is two stories high with a partial basement. There is a sign our front and all that can be read is CONGREGATIONAL There is a concrete walkway to the entry steps and one close to the church that connects the two entrances. On the right, in the background, a late 1930’s car can be seen along with storefronts on Main Street.
The first Congregational Church was destroyed by fire in 1901. This church was designed by Forest Grove architect F. M. Starrett and built on the church’s property at 21st Avenue between Main Street and College Way in 1905. It too was destroyed by fire in 1919. This wood building has a gable roof design with a smaller gable on the two opposite sides. There are two entrances on the front with the main entrance in the middle and is also the bell tower. The upper portion of each gable has a distinctive black section. The bell tower also has a black section. Each gable has a large arched stained glass window. There is a concrete sidewalk, curb and paved street. On the left in the background store fronts can be seen on Pacific Avenue and on the right, storefronts can be seen on Main Street.
The first Congregational Church was destroyed by fire in 1901. This church was designed by Forest Grove architect F. M. Starrett and built on the church’s property at 21st Avenue between Main Street and College Way in 1905. It too was destroyed by fire in 1919. This wood building has a gable roof design with a smaller gable on the two opposite sides. There are two entrances on the front with the main entrance in the middle and is also the bell tower. The upper portion of each gable has a distinctive black section. The bell tower also has a black section at the top just before the square pyramid hip roof. There are two more black bands on the bell tower. Each gable has a large arched stained glass window. There appears to be a well pump in the left side yard. There also appears to be a sidewalk along the front side along with a tall curb and the street is packed dirt. On the right in the background horses are tied up on Main Street behind them is a building with a sign above the awning THE BAZAAR.
This brick building stands on the southeast corner of Pacific Avenue and A Street. The Forest Grove Christian Science Society was formed in Forest Grove in 1901 and the land was purchased in 1914. This Georgian Revival building was built in 1916 and is on the National Register. Three shallow steps led to the double front door on Pacific Avenue. The entry is in the center of the building with a tall arched window on each side in the middle of their walls. A round, white globe porch light is on both sides of the door. There is an arched window just above the doors. Arched windows are also on the right side of the building with a door at the back that faces Pacific Avenue. The roof is a hip roof. There is a parking meter at the curb close to the front entry. The street is paved and the sidewalk is concrete but stops at the corner and does not continue down A Street.
A very large, well endowed, mostly symmetrical oak tree in fill leaf with branches coming to the ground around the edge. Under the tree is a horizontal board fence. This tree was located on William Stoke’s land and was a distinct landmark for people coming to Forest Grove.
Picture taken from north sidewalk on Fifth Avenue South (15th Street), west of Fifth Street (Elm Street) looking west. Sidewalk is wood boards. Two buildings (hot houses) are on the right with flowering rose bushes lining the sidewalk from the nearest building to the photographer. Above and over the sidewalk by the two buildings is a sign FOREST GROVE FLORAL CO. Young trees line the sidewalk on the left. The Forest Grove Floral Co. was owned by the Verhoven family. Shipments were loaded on the electric trolley at the trolley stop and traveled the short distance south to the Southern Pacific train depot to be sent to Portland.
