Category Archives: Places

Garden Home Market Place (formerly Lamb’s Thriftway)

Posted on December 28, 2018 by gardenhomehistoryproject

Forrest Lamb first built and opened the Garden Home Thriftway in 1957. The store and the mall store buildings were owned by Forrest and Neva Lamb and then by their three sons, Bob, Gary and Colin Lamb. Forrest died in … Continue reading →

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Garden Home Growlers

Posted on December 28, 2018 by gardenhomehistoryproject

This history of the Garden Home Growlers, located in the Lamb’s Thriftway (now the Garden Home Marketplace), was written by the owner Allen Tyler, 2018. The business was sold to ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Adam and Diana Martinez in 2018.  A growler became popular as a … Continue reading →

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Historic Oregon Electric Railway and Station Locations

Posted on July 20, 2018 by gardenhomehistoryproject

Periodically, the Garden Home History Project works Christina Friedle, Chair of Geography at PCC to facilitate student research in her Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Certificate course in the area of mapping and geographic research. This article is a student research report … Continue reading →

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Development of SW Multnomah Boulevard

Posted on June 20, 2018 by gardenhomehistoryproject

Editor: This story, written by Lowell Swanson, was first printed in the Multnomah Historical Society’s Winter 2005 newsletter. The story was retrieved for us by Tim Lyman, their Chair, and is printed with his permission. It validates the date and … Continue reading →

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Arranmore Development

Posted on March 15, 2018 by GHHP

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 GHHP

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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History of the Alpenrose Dairy

Posted on June 8, 2017 by GHHP

Alpenrose is the oldest family-owned dairy in Oregon. It was named after a flower in Switzerland, where McKinnon’s family lived before moving to Oregon over 100 years ago. Located off Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway at 6149 S.W. Shattuck Road, the dairy has … Continue reading →

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Chronology of the Beaverton High School physical buildings

Posted on August 12, 2016 by GHHP

Below are excerpts from an extensive chronology of Beaverton High School by Lisa Sandmire, derived from past issues of the Beaverton High newspaper, The Hummer, and other historical sources. Click here for a detailed chronology of events and happenings at Beaverton High … Continue reading →

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The Hunt Club, “Memories of Horsing Around Years”

Posted on July 7, 2016 by GHHP

By Patti (Ransom) Waitman-Ingebretsen *The Hunt Club was located on or near the Frank Estate off SW Oleson Rd in the Garden Home area.  Being too young to drive, this writer has no details about location, transportation etc. Teen aged girls … Continue reading →

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Memories of Whitney’s Custom Cannery, Circa 1954-56

Posted on July 7, 2016 by GHHP

By Patti (“The Ransom girl” ) Waitman-Ingebretsen, Multnomah Village My family moved to Maplewood in 1950 and our ¼ acre property allowed for a very large garden. My father, raised on a farm in Corvallis, knew all about gardening and raising … Continue reading →

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