Frank Clark

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Albert Orr House

The Reinhart List shows the owner as:  Albert Eugene/Clara E. Orr -- Partner Weeks and Orr Furniture.  Mail was addressed to: "Near Crown".

Ashland Civic Clubhouse

George Kramer commented 2/8/2013 that this was not designed by Frank Clark. Documents in MS 696 state that the major donor, Winburn, did not want an architect. The builder (Lamb?) designed the building, according to Kramer

B. E. Canode House

The Reinhart List shows the owner as:  George B./Blanche N. Canode.  Blanche as teacher at Washington School.

Bert Elliot House

On National Register as Corning Court Ensemble Owner: 2-28-1999 Marylen Brewer

Butler

The Reinhart List shows the owner as:  Arnel P./Elsie Lawrence.  Arnel as Ofc.Mgr./Sec. Jackson Co. Building & Loan.  Elsie as Teacher & Lawrence's Jewelery

Chapel of the Rocks and Roses, Chapel Mortuary

This was identified as a Frank Clark building because the full page ad placed in the Tribune includes "Thanks to these Medford Firms who helped..." Frank Clark Architect is included.

Petrified native woods of Jackson County were featured on the building. Mason James Fortner laid them. The grand opening was August 11, 1945.See file/

Chauncey M. Brewer House

The Reinhart List shows the owner as:  Brewer, Chauncey/Violet R. -- Salesman Medford Lumber

Clark/Jackson House

The Reinhart List shows the owners as:  FrankC./Grace Wilson Clark -- Medford's first registered architect and Glenn L./Helen S. Jackson -- Pres. Chamber of Commerce, Officer of COPCO, Rogue Valley Country Club and an Oregon Highway Engineer

Community Building

See photo in G33 C 7 and article Ashland Daily Tidings 3/25/1924 p. 1

Cornelius Collins House

The Reinhart List shows the owner as:  Collins, Cornelius/Margarite -- Salesman Medford Lumber

Ernest Barnes

The Reinhart List shows the owner as:  Ernest L./Anne Barnes -- Insurance Adjuster.  The builder is shown as Lloyd Wright and his father.  The house was designed after a home Anne lived in as a small girl.

Eugene Bennett Apartment

Note from oral history 271, with Robert Kenney and Kay Atwood: Atwood said, "Gene Bennett in Jacksonville told us just informally Mr. Clark helped him sketch our a few ideas for that apartment that he had across the street there for a while [337 South Grape, Medford]. Robert Keeney: Yeah. KA: But that was just in a little sketch job that he did informally. But it doesn't sound like a major one. RK: Now I don't know what you mean major work" - then he changes the subject...

Evans/Mattern House

Work is progressing at a lively rate on S. H. Evans\' new house which he is building on his Hargadine Street property. The house will have nine large rooms besides a spacious basement and a commodious bathroom, and the cost will probably be about $3,000.\" (Ashland Daily Tidings 4/30/06)\r\n\r\nSamuel Evans and his wife lived in the house fives years and then sold it to Herman and Frederika Mattern. Herman Mattern came from Colorado to serve as superintendent of the Ashland Mine. The Matterns lost all their money in the 1929 stock market crash and were forced to sell the house. The property is remembered by long-time Ashland residents as a gracious, well landscaped location in the community. (See Atwood, National Register Nomination 1979)

F. K. Deuel House

Should be F. K. Deuel?

F. W. Townsend House

For sale, June 2017

First Baptist Church

Discussion in the National Register application acknowledges that records do not name the architect of the church, but cite circumstantial evidence that it may have been Frank Clark.

First National Bank, Billings Insurance

No. 31 in Lure of Medford; E. Main and Oak? (on Lure of Medford inventory)

Former Edgar Hafer home called Perl Funeral Home

On the National Register of Historical Places as Hafer, Edgar F. House.
Originally the residence of Edgar Hafer and built around 1905. Hafer established Big Pines Lumber Company in the \"early years\" of Medford. John A. Perl purchased Hafer\'s home around the turn of the century and Clark \'remodeled\' it in the 1920\'s to be used as a funeral home.

Frank C. & Grace W. Clark house remodel

1007 on Lure of Medford inventory

Frank Madison Lodge

Location can\'t be correct?

Garnett-Corey Building, Park Place/Leverette Bldg.

Listed in SOHS Inventory as Confirmed. Evidence shows Power and Reeves were architects.

Medford Mail Trib 1/2/1910, p. B7 ( Southern Oregon History, Revised)

George Roberts House

The Reinhart List shows the owner as:  George M./Blanche E. Roberts -- Attorney noted for famed DeAutremont "Tunnel 13" train robbery in late 1920's.  Mail addressed to "Crown Hill".

George S. Calhoun House

The Gohrke Family, who owned the residence from 1944 to 1979 were also prominent Grants Pass citizens. Mr. Edward H. Gohrke operated the Tidewater Oil Distribution Center. correction by Mr. Gohrke's granddaughter, Gretchen C. Gohrke, 6/11/2013

Harry Holmes House

From Pat Harper, SOHS to Deborah Brackstone:

 I have been hearing interesting facts about Paul Revere Williams designing homes (or buildings?) in Medford, Oregon.

 What I have been told is:

 ·         Paul R. Williams designed the Holmes house on Modoc Avenue. (we have information that attributes the home to Keeney/ Frank Clark architects and we believe there may be a relationship between Williams and Clark)

 ·         Williams designed Glenn Jackson's home. Our information shows that Glenn Jackson bought a home designed by Frank Clark. In fact, it was Clark's own home until about 1936. Jackson  lived at 2004 Hillcrest prior to buying Clark's home on Main Street. Do you know the address of the home attributed to Williams? 

 ·         Williams designed a home (or building?) for Leverette. Leverette had various buildings and a home in Medford. Do you have an address?

 If you have additional information on Williams work in Medford, or suggestions for research, we are very interested. We currently have nothing in the Archives. 

 Thank you. I have included Dawna Curler, a local  historian who is giving a talk next year on local architects, on this email. 

 Medford was originally added to our sheet from a primitive list of projects Karen Hudson included in her first book about her grandfather. Unfortunately time has shown she has made a number errors and unsubstantiated claims. I will have to recheck both the spreadsheet and Hudson book on Monday to see exactly where we stand on Oregon...including why we included Medford in the first place as Medford isn't a place we would have pulled out of thin air.

 Will get back to you with more next week. Have a good weekend.

 Deborah Brackstone, archivist

The Paul Revere Williams Project

  I was able to check our list this morning and our information is unverified from Karen Hudson's original list---provided without documentation.

 

1. Holmes residence at 217 S. Modic Ave  Williams association alterations and additions 1940

 2. E A Littrell residence Williams association dated 1948 with no detail

 3. Glenn Jackson residence Williams association dated 1953 with no detail

 Hope this is of some help.

 Have a good weekend.

 Deborah

 Deborah Brackstone, archivist

 The Paul Revere Williams Project

 Art Museum

 

From Harper to Brakstone:

Thank you for getting back to me. I had incorrect information. It was the Littrell building that might have been designed by Williams, not the Leverette. Our inventory credits Clark with the Littrell building, but their evidence was only an interview with Clark's later partner.

 Clark did work in Los Angeles before coming to Medford, so we're wondering if there was some collaboration.  

   I missed your later note until I had hit SEND. Thank you for the additional information. If we can find any information on Williams with those leads we'll let you know. 

 

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Dear Ms. Harper-

 

 

I was able to check our list this morning and our information is unverified from Karen Hudson's original list---provided without documentation.

 1. Holmes residence at 217 S. Modic Ave  Williams association alterations and additions 1940

 2. E A Littrell residence Williams association dated 1948 with no detail

 3. Glenn Jackson residence Williams association dated 1953 with no detail

 Hope this is of some help.

 Have a good weekend.

 Deborah

 Deborah Brackstone, archivist

 

Dear Ms Harper,

 Thanks for this information from the oral history. 

 We have posted essays illustrated with period photos in our GALLERY re the Holmes, Correll (Amos and Andy) and Jay Payley residences. (Don't know if you have had an opportunity to look at them.) Though Williams would not "resell" a design you will note how similar these three homes are...totally Hollywood Georgian Revival though the Holmes" residence is considerably smaller in scale. Except for his catalog work and large-scale tract housing projects, Williams' designs were custom in that they were customized to closely reflect a client's personality and lifestyle. As stated in the essay about the Holmes' residence, Eleanor was an example of an ideal Williams' client. Though Keeney and Clark might have been "on the ground" in Oregon to supervise construction, Williams would have been "hands on" in determining the how the home looked, flowed and complimented Eleanor's sophisticated taste. She must have been an amazing woman!

 Thanks again,

 Deborah

 

Henry Van Hoevenberg House

Henry Van Hoevenberg arrived in the Rogue River Valley in 1910 after graduating from Columbia University. He became a prominent valley orchardist and a leader in the pear industry in the entire west coast. He served five terms as president of the Southern Oregon Fruit Growers Association and was elected president of the Oregon State Horticultural Society in 1929.

Hotel Medford

Original building dimensions 75 x 120 feet with 92 rooms on 4 floors; hotel lobby (\"Palm Court\") finished in walnut and the dining room in elm and fir. C. C. Morehouse of San Francisco did all interior plaster work. Gladding and McBean of San Francisco furnished all terra cotta work for the exterior finish. J. J. O\'Hagan of the Thompson-Starrett Company supervised construction. The ground floor exterior walls were originally of white pressed brick. In 1914 the Hotel Medford was praised as \"among the leading hotels of Oregon including those of Portland.\" Emil Mohr was the Hotel proprietor for many years. \r\n\"Clark and Forster architects, with office both at Ashland and Medford, are at work on plans for one of the proposed big hotels for the latter place. The details are elaborate and embrace a large five story brick structure with all modern conveniences in keeping with demands of the present day...\" Ashland Daily Tiding 7/7/10\r\nFrank J. Forster (see Clark biographical paper) worked Frank Clark for a short period, probably part of 1910 and 1911. Other designs evolved by the two in partnership are elsewhere in this inventory. Forster returned to New York in 1911 and developed a successful career--particularly in residential architecture. (See Clark biographical sketch bibliography.)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', NULL),
('node', 'frankclarkphotos', 0, 9058, 9225, 'und', 0, 'Originally the residence of Edgar Hafer and built around 1905. Hafer established Big Pines Lumber Company in the \"early years\" of Medford. John A. Perl purchased Hafer\'s home around the turn of the century and Clark \'remodeled\' it in the 1920\'s to be used as a funeral home.

Humbolt Pracht House

A. H. Pracht is a excavating for the fine new bungalow which he will build on Vista Street. The plans contemplate one of the most complete and modern homes yet build in Ashland. It will be two stories and a basement and will comprise eight rooms and include that modern health building luxury, an out-door sleeping porch, as well as a hot water heating system.\" (Ashland Daily Tidings 4/25/10)\r\n\r\nHumbolt Pracht\'s family came to Ashland in 1886. His father, Max Pracht, bought a large fruit tract which he named Peach Blow Paradise. Huomboldt Pracht managed the Depot Hotel at Ashland early in the 20th Century. The Pracht\'s occupied the house for thirty years. (See Atwood, National Register Nomination, September 1980)

Janney House

Built for Janney family in 1941.

Jean Cameron house

Designed after 1938

John Moffatt House

The Reinhart list shows the owner as:  John P./Mary Moffatt -- Mann's Department Store downtown Medford and Vice Pres. of Jackson Co. Sav. and Loan

L. Banks House, S. Oregon Hearing Aid Cntr

John M. Root purchased the property 3/9/14 (Jackson County Deed Records). A library, living and dining room were completed in 1922, either as an addition or remodel to the house. John Root owned Oak Lodge on Kings Highway southwest of Medford. In 1914 he purchased the property on West Main Street. An advertisement by Frank Clark on January 1, 1915 Medford Mail Tribune (page 3, part of 4) lists construction of the John Root House as one of his residential designs. The above listed remodeling occurred shortly before Root sold the house to Llewelyn Banks. It was from this house\'s doorway that Banks shot and killed local constable, George Prescott, on March 16, 1933. After Banks went to prison, the University Club used the residence as a headquarters, an opportunity older Club members appreciated for its irony.

L. P. Older House

The Reinhart List shows the owners as: 1928-30: Mulholland, Richard C./Anna M. -- Dentist.

                                                                    1944:  L.P./Suzanne C. Older -- Oregon Tire Exchange

                                                                    1944-75:  Louis F./Patricia M. Older

Lithia Theatre

Lithia Theater was NOT designed by Frank Clark or Keeney. the LIthia was originally the Vining Theatre, located next to Elks Lodge in Ashland. One article stated Purvis was the architect (see SOHS Vertical File)

 Clark and Keeney DID design the Varsity Theater in Ashland, which opened in 1937.

Marjorie Feasley House

The Reinhart List shows the owner as:  Milton/Marjorie W. Feasley

Max G. Bauer House

On National Register as Corning Court Ensemble

McCaskey/Madden House, Montessori Children Center

Currently Willows Cooking School and B&B (2/10/2013). Henry Farnum, not Frank Clark, was the architect. Clark did remodel the garage (courtesy George Kramer, who prepared the National Register application)

Medford City Fire Hall

Frank Clark also designed an annex to the Central Fire Hall at 110 E Sixth, according to National Register of Historic Places

Reuben Hargrove House

Interesting that this is called the "Reuben Hargrove" house. It was probably built in 1910. Reuben died in 1907. His daughters, Ida and Anna, built the house. (once this has been further verified, the title of this entry will be edited)

Scott V. Davis Building

See file

Slaughter House

452 is a duplicated number in SOHS inventory'

Southern Oregon Gas Company

Building is at the corner of Main and Holly, 229 W. Main. Hard to know why the original inventory showed "address unknown"

 This website states the building was built in 1936:  http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMFXYY_Southern_Oregon_Gas_Company_Bu...

 It also has a sketch of how the building would have looked originally. 

 MMT, 9/11/1936, carried article about the business, didn't mention Clark as the architect. 

Thurston Daniels House

The Reinhart List shows the owner as: Thurston E./Lillian M. Daniels -- Largest Men's clothing (Daniels for Duds) in So. Ore.   1912: McCurdy-Daniels Insurance

Unknown (Ben Trowbridge Sr.)

The original inventory listed the owner as unknown.  Additions to the inventory show owner as Ben Trowbridge Sr.  

 The Reinhart List shows owner as Trowbridge, Ben J./Melba M. -- Pres. Trowbridge Elect. and Sloane Co.

Victor Bursell House

Victor Bursell was a farmer and orchardist active in Jackson County politics; served as Jackson County Commissioner between  1920 and 1933.

Wm. Shepherd (Muirhead?) House

The Reinhart List shows the owners as  W.M./Alice Briggs Shepherd -- Orchardist - nurseryman, and Walter/Bonnie Henderson Muirheard -- Gold Hill Cemembt Plant and Ross Island Sand in Portland.  Mail was addressed to: "The Crown".: