The McDougall–Campbell House is an English Arts and Crafts-Style house in

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

, Oregon, United States. It has elements of the

English Cottage A cottage, during Feudalism in England, England's feudal period, was the holding by a cottager (known as a cotter or ''bordar'') of a small house with enough garden to feed a family and in return for the cottage, the cottager had to provide ...

style incorporated into the design. The house was designed by architect

Josef 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-Rh ...

for Gilbert H. Durham and built in 1910 or earlier. Dominant are characteristics of the Arts and Crafts Movement, including use of natural materials (wood, brick, tile, stone), built-in cabinetry, shingles, a variety of window types, asymmetrical floor plans, multiple steeply pitched gables, an open porch, brick chimneys and rooms with an open flow extending to the exterior. Important are elements of the English Cottage style including the eyebrow

dormer A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a pitched roof. A dormer window (also called ''dormer'') is a form of roof window. Dormers are commonly used to increase the usable space ...

, wrought iron work and the jerkinhead or clipped gable that is an architectural feature whose origins trace back to the thatched roof of Medieval England. Landscaping contributes to the setting of the McDougall–Campbell House. Trees, shrubs, stone steps, lawn areas, walkways, a terracotta tiled patio, and terraces make up the yard, which is informal, overgrown and reminiscent of an English garden. A rock retaining wall runs the length of the property.

References

Portland City Directory (1913 edition) Morning Oregonian (Portland Oregon) September 3, 1914, Historic Oregon Newspapers, oregonnews.uoregon.edu Architectural Plans for Mr. G. H. Durham by Jos. Jacobberger and Alfred H.Smith, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, Jacobberger Collection, Knight Library

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:McDougall-Campbell House Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Oregon Houses completed in 1910 1910 establishments in Oregon Joseph Jacobberger buildings Buildings and structures in Northwest Portland, Oregon