The John E. G. Povey House in northeast

Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...

, is a Queen Anne-style house that was built in 1891. The house is asymmetrical and is about wide by deep. It was home of glass-maker John E. G. Povey (1867–1917). with It was listed on the

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in 1998. It was deemed significant for its association with John E. G. Povey and the Povey Brothers Art & Stained Glass Works company, and also for its architecture "containing high artistic merit both in the craftsmanship of the structure and the stained glass designs in many of the windows." The

Povey Brothers Art Glass Works Povey Brothers Studio, also known as Povey Brothers Art Glass Works or Povey Bros. Glass Co., was an American producer of stained glass windows based in Portland, Oregon. The studio was active from 1888 to 1928. As the largest and best known art ...

firm was founded by John E. and brother David L. Povey in Portland in 1888; it was the leading art-glass maker in the area from about 1890 to about 1920. John E. G. Povey died in the house in 1917, at age 49.

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1891 establishments in Oregon Houses completed in 1891 Multnomah County, Oregon Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Oregon Queen Anne architecture in Oregon Irvington, Portland, Oregon {{Oregon-NRHP-stub

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