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Shirley Gertsch Bartels on Peter and Pete Gertsch

Posted on November 9, 2019 by

Peter Gertsch, his wife Katy Tannler and his brother Fred (known as Fritz) came to Garden Home from Switzerland and settled on property off of Oleson Road sometime in the 1890’s. This property was on the west side of Oleson … Continue reading →

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Arranmore Development

Posted on March 15, 2018 by

The Arranmore development of family homes is entered off of Oleson Road just south of Vermont and  the Montclair Grade School at the west end of the Vermont. The following is an excerpt from an excellent history of the development … Continue reading →

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Log cabins of Garden Home

Posted on October 31, 2017 by

There are several log cabins in Garden Home: Fogelbo (Foglequist residence) on SW Oleson Road Stefanicgrimbso residence on SW Garden Home Road George residence on SW 87th Avenue Two on (or near) SW Florence Lane (which we have not yet … Continue reading →

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CENTURY HOMES: Sasha Kaplan and Matt Miner

Posted on July 16, 2016 by

Address: 7430 SW 76th Avenue Originally Built: 1910 Original Owners: Margaret and Peter Bettendorf Built in 1910, this house would qualify as an example of a suburban home built for a family at the turn of the century.  It is … Continue reading →

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CENTURY HOMES: Pat and Andy Dignan

Posted on July 11, 2016 by

Address: 7117 SW Hunt Club Lane Originally Built: 1911 Original Owners: F.A. Martin Built in 1911, the Craftsman style house was one of four original homes built in what is now known as the Hunt Club area.  Once a center … Continue reading →

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CENTURY HOMES: Tom and Catherine Lekas

Posted on July 7, 2016 by

Address: 7225 SW Hunt Club Lane Originally Built: 1910 Original Owners: Ambrose & May Warden Cronin The most recent home to be designated as a Century Home was the home of Catherine and Tom Lekas.  This house was built for an … Continue reading →

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Stanley Marugg

Posted on October 30, 2015 by

The old Marugg hay barn, off of south Oleson Road, was the local hang-out for Garden Home kids in the 1930s and 1940s.  Hay bales could be pulled around and stacked into all sorts of forts and tunnels.  Joanne Day … Continue reading →

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Partlow-Kickbusch Home

Posted on April 16, 2015 by

[Update April 2017: the home has been demolished to make way for a new set of homes.] This history was written by Louise Jones, based on phone conversations with Diann (Dede) Lynn Partlow Porcelli, in response to queries regarding the … Continue reading →

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Rummer Homes

Posted on March 13, 2015 by

By Stan Houseman My wife, Susan, and I live in a Rummer-built home coming up on our 9 year anniversary. Our prior home was also built in the early 60s and was also a one story Mid Century Modern home. … Continue reading →

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Judy George

Posted on March 13, 2015 by

7625 SW 87th Avenue  (Westgard Ave.) Judy lives in the oldest house on the portion of 87th going south to Alden from Garden Home Road.  Judy agrees with the County records which state that the home was  built in 1900.  … Continue reading →

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Westgard Avenue – A Short History Of SW 87th Avenue from Garden Home Road to Alden Street

Posted on November 25, 2013 by

Compiled by Anne Hanford Olson With special contributors Dan Nebert, Carol Sturtevant Pratt and Nancy Sturtevant Dachtler Revised March 2014 The Atfalatis Hunt and Gather Here For 10,000 years, native people called Atfalatis, a band of the Kalapuya, inhabited our area. … Continue reading →

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Eickmeyer Red & White store on Greenburg Rd

Posted on November 19, 2013 by

The railroad tracks of the early 1900s separated at Garden Home with one set of tracks going west to Beaverton and the other going south to Tigard and McMinnville. This Red & White store was at the Greenburg Station, on … Continue reading →

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History of Garden Home written by students in 1962

Posted on November 18, 2013 by

The following Garden Home history  was written by seventh grade students  in 1962.  It was apparently presented publicly by the PTA at a Founder’s Day event, 1964.   We have an original quite faded copy with the name Dorothy Meisner at … Continue reading →

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Ross Fogelquist

Posted on July 21, 2013 by

Ross Fogelquist has lived in one of the most charming and well known homes in Garden Home since 1952. He attended seventh and eighth grade at Garden Home School and graduated from Beaverton High School. His lovely home at 8740 SW … Continue reading →

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Mike Dardis and the Joe Dardis Band

Posted on June 17, 2013 by

We moved to Garden Home in 1951 when I was in the sixth grade. We were living in Portland in the Grant High School area at the time and weren’t planning on moving. At that time my mother, Catherine Dardis, … Continue reading →

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Fogelbo, home of Ross Fogelquist

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

This lovely home at 8740 SW Oleson Road is nestled on a couple acres of mature trees, shrubs and flowers. It is called Fogelbo (bird nest) which is derived from the family name of Fogelquist.  Henry Steiner built the home in … Continue reading →

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Erich and Burnace Porshman / Bryse-Harvey and Nahstoll CENTURY Home

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

The Erich and Burnace Porshman* home at 7485 SW Stewart is an example of a 1914 carefully handcrafted home that grew from a one-room house into an interesting home filled with art and unique features. The original Porshman mailbox is … Continue reading →

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Rummer Homes, Paul Herman

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

In 1968, Polly and I left the four kids back east with their grandma, and came out to Oregon to look for housing. We spent several days, looked at a variety of homes, and decided that none of them was for … Continue reading →

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Olive Stott Gabriel, suffrage advocate

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

Garden Home is fortunate to have a number of old homes still standing each with its own intriguing history. One of these homes sits just back from Garden Home Road between S.W. 77th and 78th Avenues. When the house was built, probably … Continue reading →

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Lyle “Toad” Tate

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

The following story about Lyle Tate is reprinted from the Nov. 11, 1997 Oregonian newspaper. The author Norm Maves, Jr. and the Oregonian newspaper has given permission for this reprinting. Lyle Tate lived at 7560 SW Shirley Lane, near the intersection, … Continue reading →

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