The Joseph Jacobberger Country House is a historic house in the Hillsdale district of

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, just outside the

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municipal boundary. Leading Portland

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and civic activist

Joseph Jacobberger Joseph Jacobberger (March 19, 1869March 18, 1930) was an American architect based in Portland, Oregon. He partnered with Alfred H. Smith in the firm Jacobberger and Smith. Early life Jacobberger was born on March 19, 1869, in Lautenbach, Haut-Rhi ...

(1869–1930) designed this

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style house for his family in 1916, and lived in it from 1917 until his death. He resided here through the height of his career, a period during which he designed over 250 commissions that shaped the face of Portland, including homes, schools, colleges, churches, a

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, commercial buildings, and others.. The house was listed on the

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in 2011.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Oregon National Register of Historic Places in Multnomah County, Oregon Arts and Crafts architecture in Oregon Houses completed in 1917 1917 establishments in Oregon Joseph Jacobberger buildings {{Oregon-NRHP-stub

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