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Real property -- Oregon -- Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Abstracts of title for Bodley's Addition property

 Collection
Identifier: Coll829
Abstract

Two abstracts of title for property located in Bodley's Addition, East Portland. Property described in abstracts was owned by August F. and Emma Neunart in the 1890s, and then transferred to their daughter, Emma Neunert Lang, about 1899.

Dates: 1895-1902

Corbett family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 592
Abstract

Correspondence, property and financial records, photographs, and ephemera of the Corbett family of Portland, Oregon, primarily the family of Henry L. Corbett (1881-1957) and Henry L. Corbett's brother Hamilton F. Corbett (1888-1966). Members of the family represented in this collection are descendants of Henry Winslow Corbett (1827-1903), an early emigrant to Oregon.

Dates: 1859-1979; Majority of material found within 1903-1979

James M. Gilman estate papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 233
Abstract

Papers regarding the estate of Captain James M. Gilman of Portland, Oregon. Includes correspondence and specifications for Gilman's gravestone. Gilman was a landowner in Portland and a partner in the Oregon Steam Navigation Company.

Dates: circa 1891-1892

Antti Kopra papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 993
Abstract

Papers of Antti Kopra (1890-1968), primarily relating to his attempts to purchase property in Portland, Oregon, during World War II. Kopra was a Finnish American who spent the majority of his adult life in Butte, Montana, but briefly lived in Portland during World War II.

Dates: 1941-1944

Daniel H. Lownsdale papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 177
Abstract

Papers relating to the land claim of Daniel Lownsdale (1803-1862) in Portland, Oregon, including indentures, agreements, court documents, and correspondence. Lownsdale came to Oregon in 1845, established a tannery in what would become Portland, and in 1849 purchased additional land from Francis Pettygrove, some of which would later become the South Park Blocks and the North Park Blocks.

Dates: 1850-1906; Majority of material found within 1850-1873

Charles H. Martin and Ellis G. Hughes family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll893
Abstract

Papers of and relating to Charles H. Martin (1863-1946), Ellis G. Hughes (1845-1909), and their families. Charles H. Martin served in the U.S. military from the 1890s to 1920s, attaining the rank of major general, and subsequently served as a U.S. representative and then as governor of Oregon. Ellis G. Hughes, who was Martin's father-in-law, was a prominent real estate attorney in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1873-1961; Majority of material found within 1882-1946

Charles H. Martin and Ellis G. Hughes papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll825
Abstract

Correspondence, property records, reports, and ephemera relating to Ellis G. Hughes and Charles H. Martin of Portland, Oregon. Hughes was a real estate lawyer. His son-in-law Martin was an officer in the U.S. Army, a U.S. congressman, and governor of Oregon from 1935-1939.

Dates: 1881-1946

McMahon family and other land records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll0788
Abstract

Land records for various locations in Oregon for properties owned by the McMahon family, Patrick Holland, and others.

Dates: 1871-1973

Portland Center Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2589
Abstract

The Portland Center Company was a commercial real estate firm in Portland, Oregon. Collection includes articles of incorporation, minutes, stockholder lists and other administrative documents, including records of the leasing of the Broadway Building to Nordstrom, Inc. in 1950.

Dates: 1945-1964

Property record of downtown Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1022
Abstract

Handwritten and hand-drawn ledger describing properties in downtown Portland, Oregon, including owners, usage, building description, assessed value, and the amount of property tax for the 1962-1963 fiscal year. The ledger was probably produced by the firm Linden B. Bowman, Realtor, a commercial and industrial real estate business owned by Linden B. Bowman (1914-2004), later known as the Bowman Company.

Dates: 1963