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2 CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO CULTURAL RESOURCES INVENTORY FIELD FORM HIST. NAME: Carman, Waters, Farm DATE OF CONSTRUCTION: c. 1857,1924 COMMON NAME: Carman - Wilmot Farm ORIGINAL USE: Farm complex ADDRESS: 3811 Carman Drive OWNER: Richard Wilmot PRESENT USE: Residence;Storage ARCH./BLDR.: C.W. Bryant, builder T/R/S: 2S 1E 5C TAX LOT: 1201/1200 STYLE: Vernacular RESOURCE TYPE: Buildings THEME: Architecture, Agriculture; Settlement ADDITION: N/A BLOCK: LOT: QUAD: Lake Oswego LOT SIZE: 7.96 Ac. Farm ZONE: R-5 PLAN TYPE/SHAPE: L-plan NO. OF STORIES: 2 FOUNDATION MATERIAL: Uncoursed rock BASEMENT: Yes ROOF FORM & MATERIALS: Gable w/ wood shingles WALL CONSTRUCTION: Wood STRUCTURAL FRAME: Unknown PRIMARY WINDOW TYPE: Four-over-four and two-over-two double-hung sash; multi-light EXTERIOR SURFACING MATERIALS: Horizontal lap w/ corner boards DECORATIVE FEATURES: None OTHER: Encircling porch w/ battered square posts and exposed rafters CONDITION: Good EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS/ADDITIONS: Small front porch replaced w/ encircling porch, (n.d.) small shed incorporated into house, (n.d.); kitchen added, (n.d.); front door replaced, (n.d.); polygonal bay window added, w. elevation, (n.d.) NOTEWORTHY LANDSCAPE FEATURES: Pear and peach trees, other fruit and nut trees; holly; ornamental shrubs ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES: Large barn (1924) w/ gambrel roof, horizontal siding, sidewall sliding-door, multi-light windows, cupola & wood shingle roof; garage w/ gable roof, exposed rafters, composition shingle roof, vertical panel doors SETTING: Located on n. side of Carman Drive across street form multi-family housing; between early 20th century farm complex and housing tract NOTES: RECORDER(S): Koler/Morrison DATE: January 1989 SHP() #: FIELD #: 54s

3 Ll 1 Y OF LAKE uswhu0 CULTURAL RESOURCES INVENTORY ADDRESS 3811 CARMAN DRIVE 2s 1E 5c/1201 TAXMAP/LOT SHPO#

4 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Address: 3811 Carman Drive Historic Name: Carman Farm This Gothic Revival Vernacular style farmhouse was built in the mid-1850s by Waters and Lucretia Carman, pioneers in the Oswego area. Carman was born in Pennsylvania in 1811 and came west in 1849 during the Gold Rush. He arrived in Oregon in 1850, settling his land claim (signed by President Andrew Johnson) in the Oswego area by Carman worked briefly for Albert Durham who ran a sawmill on Sucker Creek. In 1861 Carman left his farm in the care of a man named Lisle and went to Washington Territory to construct a sawmill and gristmill. In addition to being a millwright, Carman was also a furniture craftsman. Today, since the house is owned by Carman's great grandson, many pieces of his furniture remain in the house. The first building on the site was a tiny shed structure which housed the family in the 1850s until the larger house was built in This shed is still part of the house as a remodeled back room. The larger house, built by Charles Bryant, "was an outstanding structure of the times," according to Mary Goodall in Oregon's Iron Dream. One-and-a-half to two foot walls line the hand dug basement. The Carman residence is believed to be one of the first homes in the region to have running water. A lead pipe at least 500 feet long was laid to a spring from the north elevation. Between 1905 and 1910, porches were added on two sides of the farmhouse. In 1870 one acre was split off and a house was built for the Carmans which is now the upper story of another house on Carman Drive. A barn was constructed in An old holly orchard, spring fed pond, and stately fir and fruit trees remain on the grounds to date. Wilbur W. Wilmot, who served as chair of the Springbrook School Board in the early 1920s, inherited the house from his mother, Waters Carman's daughter. The present owner, Richard Wilmot, son of Wilbur, maintains the property as a working farm. The Carman house is well-preserved and a rare example of a dwelling from the Territorial period.

5 S Bibliography: Burns, Don and Freda; McNulty, Wilma; Rieke, Robert, correspondence, 9/15/88. Clackamas County Cultural Resource Inventory, Department of Transportation and Development, Wilmot Richard. Unrecorded Interview by T. Buettner, 11/4/88. Oregon's Iron Dream, Mary Goodall, Oregon State Highway Dept. Planning Section Investigation Sheet by E. Walton. '),S