The John Quincy Adams and Elizabeth Young House, also known as the John Quincy Adams Young House, is a historic

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house built in 1869 in the U.S. state of

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.THPRD Seeking To Fill Positions On John Quincy Adams Young House Committee
03/03/2009. Retrieved October 19, 2013. (65 pages, with 22 recent photos, maps, and historic photos) It is located in the unincorporated Cedar Mill area of

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, and is listed on the

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History

John Quincy Adams Young and his wife Elizabeth Young settled in the area in 1862 and built a log cabin.Young, Hazel. "Cedar Mill recalls history, dates to 1874", ''Hillsboro Argus'', October 19, 1976, Communities: p. 19. In 1869, they built a new home, followed by another larger one built in 1873. Young served as the first postmaster of Cedar Mill starting in 1874. He named the community after the cedar trees in the area and for the mill he co-owned. The post office was located in the 1869 house, with the family living across the road in a newer home. Young remained as postmaster until 1882. The house and a half acre of land surrounding it have been owned by the

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(THPRD) since 2005.Colby, Richard (January 13, 2005). "Tualatin Hills Park & Rec saves house that helped build Cedar Mill". ''

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'', "Washington County Weekly" section, p. 1. It was listed on the

in 2008. In 2012, the Friends of the John Quincy Adams Young House asked THPRD to allocate $26,000 to repair the foundation of the structure. The group was also attempting to raise $650,000 to completely restore the home and allow it to be opened up to the public.

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Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District Web page
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John Quincy Adams and Elizabeth Young House
listing in the Oregon Historic Sites Database of the

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