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Henry Van Hoevenberg House

Two-story wood frame, rectangular in shape; 34 x 50 feet; one and one-half story ell extends from west (rear) wall of house; medium pitch gable roof with cross gables; horizontal clapboards on lower walls; wood shingles on upper walls; broad overhanging eaves with projecting ridge beams and purlins in gable ends; gable roof porch over main entrance; windows primarily six-over-six double hung sash.

Original NID
8946
Date
1919
Style
Bungalow/Craftsman
Source

Medford Mail Tribune, 6/1/20 Evans, Gail, Henry Van Hoevenberg House , National Register nomination, 1981.

Site
22
Ranking
1-Primary
Notes

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.

City
Gold Hill
Address
9130 Ramsey Canyon Road
Media Reference
Certainty
Confirmed, SOHS Inventory