Tag Archives: SW 76th Ave

Ward Nelson – Garden Home memoir

Posted on September 12, 2018 by gardenhomehistoryproject

We moved to 7814 SW Occidental Avenue as it was called in those days, in 1947. Today it is 7170 SW 76th. My parents were Helene and Ward Nelson. We moved from Ardenwald, near Milwaukie, where my grandmother lived. Our … Continue reading →

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CENTURY HOMES: Sasha Kaplan and Matt Miner

Posted on July 16, 2016 by GHHP

Address: 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 a … 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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Zora and Sharka Becvar

Posted on May 22, 2011 by GHHP

Life in Garden Home in the 1930s and 1940s. The front yard at our house had a large walnut tree and one branch was strong and large enough for us to pretend it was a horse. We could saddle it up with a … Continue reading →

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Vlasta Becvar Barber

Posted on November 22, 2010 by GHHP

[Editor: Vlasta Nora Barber, age 95, of Tigard, Oregon passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Vlasta was born December 7, 1926 in Maplewood, Oregon.] Garden Home Grade School September 1934 – May 1939 [Editor’s note: Vlasta wrote the following … Continue reading →

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