Dundee Lodge is a farm with several buildings built in the 1920s located near

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in the U.S. state of

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. The rustic property in rural Washington County was added to the

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in 1985. Also known as the Dee Brook Farm (or Deebrook Farm), the property contains three buildings designed by E. E. Green.

History

The Fred and Esther Dundee House was constructed in 1921 by Albert McCloud. Fred A. Dundee owned a

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, and had the log cabin built for himself. Known as the Fred Dundee Motor Car Repair and Machine Works, it was located on

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at Flanders, and had been on Jefferson Street. Dundee had previously been a race car driver around the turn of the century. He raced cars from the

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. The -story home was designed by E. E. Green and was designed for a rustic look. Around the same time the Dundee Lodge was also built at the same location. Also designed by Green, the lodge served as a hotel. On June 6, 1985, the farm was added to the

, listed as Dundee Lodge.

Details

Located in the foothills of the

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, the farm is on Dundee Road northwest of the city of

near

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in the western part of the county. All three of the buildings on the farm were designed by E. E. Green in a rustic style. The -story structures were all built around 1921 and featuring primarily round logs for the exterior. The buildings also used brick on the exterior. This creates a

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look for the symmetrical U-shaped main building. The interior leaves the round logs exposed, with some wood paneling and a brick fireplace.Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon & the Pacific Northwest
Deebrook Farm (Cherry Grove, Oregon): Interior fireplace.
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References

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"Dundee Lodge Campout Is Like a Smaller, Weirder DIY Pickathon"
- ''Willamette Week'' {{National Register of Historic Places Oregon Houses completed in 1921 National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Oregon Rustic architecture in Oregon Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon 1921 establishments in Oregon Houses in Washington County, Oregon Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon