Forest Grove Hotel, Forest Grove

Title

Forest Grove Hotel, Forest Grove

Description

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.

[back] “Postcard”; postmarked “Forest Grove, Oregon, August 9, 1909,” cancelled green one-cent postage stamp. Addressed to “Mr. Bert Nixon, Newport, Oregon.” Text: “Hello Bert! Have a good time for me will you? Am still in the store. But won’t be in a few days. Then I’m going to have another vacation See: Reba is back this morning. Went way out in the woods yesterday had a big time.” Signed “Clara B.

Identifier

FHFG_pic0201

Creator

(on back) Published by Sprouse & Son, Tacoma, WA

made in Germany

Subject

Hotels

Housing

Architecture

Architecture, Victorian

Local & State History

Spatial Coverage

Forest Grove, Oregon

Language

English

Date Created

circa 1900

Date

1900

Medium

photographic postcards

Source

Nixon Family Collection, Friends of Historic Forest Grove

Rights

Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact Friends of Historic Forest Grove at: rights@fhfg.org

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Type

Still Image