Vista House plans

Collection

Identifier: Mss 3134

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection includes 11 plans, elevations, sections and maps on 8 sheets of Vista House on the Columbia River Highway at Crown Point, Oregon. Plans include information about the history of Vista House and about the 1981 Columbia River Highway Project, the study for which the plans were produced.

Dates

1981

Creator

Historic American Engineering Record (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Historical note

Vista House was was originally designed by Edgar M. Lazarus, Jr. and constructed from 1916-1918. In 1981, the building was included in an assessment, the Columbia River Highway Project, which was directed by the National Park Service and sponsored by a group of local, state, and federal public agencies, private foundations, and other organizations. The project team of historians, architects, landscape architects, and planners conducted a study and inventory of the Columbia River Highway and historic resources along the road to document their condition and make recommendations for conservation and improvements. Among the materials the project team produced were architectural drawings of Vista House and a report, titled "Vista House: Historic Structure Report," which included reduced reprints of the drawings.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 oversize folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Carl Abbott, January 1982.

Related Materials

The Columbia River Highway Project's 1981 report "Vista House: Historic Structure Report" is also held at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.