REHABILITATION OF THE STARR HOUSE MONROE, OREGON

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1985-12

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Suttitum, Tada

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University of Oregon

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The Starr house is a vernacular Gothic style farmhouse of Victorian architecture. It is dated ca.1889 and was built for Edwin and Anna Starr. It sits on a part of the first donation land claim in Benton County established by Thomas D. Reeves in 1845. The Starr's property is where history, culture and architecture integrated and has been recognized officially by the 1983-present Cultural Resource Survey of Benton County . It is a prime cultural resource for the architectural theme of rural Benton County . !he purposes cf this project are to find the way to preserve the r.ouse and to be a case study for the Historic Preservation Program, University of Oregon.

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205 pages

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