The Walker Naylor Historic District, also referred to as Walker's and Naylor's Additions Historic District, located in
Forest Grove,
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
, is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
(NRHP).
The district is bounded by Gayles Way on the west, Covey Run Drive on the north, A Street on the east, and 21st Avenue on the south, which is west of
Pacific University
Pacific University is a private university in Forest Grove, Oregon. Founded in 1849 as the Tualatin Academy, the original Forest Grove campus is west of Portland. The university maintains three other campuses in Eugene, Hillsboro, and Wood ...
and north of the city's downtown area.
Walker Naylor was added to the NRHP in 2011, the third historic district in Forest Grove.
The district has 145 properties covering , and includes three houses listed on the National Register.
Background
Part of the area that became the neighborhood was settled in 1844 by Thomas G. and Sarah Naylor, while the other portion was claimed by
Elkanah Walker
Elkanah Walker (1805–1877) was an American pioneer settler in the Oregon Country in what is now the states of Oregon and Washington.
Early life and education
Walker was born August 7, 1805, the sixth child of Jeremiah and Jane Walker, on a far ...
in 1849.
In 1858, the first house in the district was built. Forest Grove was incorporated in 1872, and the next year it was
plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bear ...
ted, listing the Walker and Naylor additions.
[ The neighborhood continued to grow with landowners building a house, and then subdividing the property to sell of lots.][ After slow growth, the number of houses increased greatly in the first two decades of the 1900s, before slowing in the 1920s and 1930s.][ As of 1912 there were 68 homes in the district, which grew to 145 by 1959.][ Walker Naylor then experienced a housing boom following ]World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
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Details
The area was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 3, 2011.[ Homes individually listed on the NRHP are the Stephen and Parthena M. Blank House, the Dr. W.R. and Eunice Taylor House, and the Harry A. Crosley House.][
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See also
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References
{{National Register of Historic Places Oregon
2011 establishments in Oregon
Buildings and structures in Forest Grove, Oregon
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Oregon