| Albert S. Sholes House | |
| Nrhp Type: | nrhp |
| Coordinates: | 45.519°N -123.0523°W |
| Built: | 1909 |
| Architecture: | Craftsman / Bungalow |
| Added: | September 2, 1982 |
| Refnum: | 82003755 |
The Albert S. Sholes House, located in Cornelius, Oregon, is a house listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).[1] Built in 1909, the bungalow was designed by Richard Martin Jr. for banker Albert Sholes.
Albert Seymour Sholes was born in 1844 in Michigan and moved to Oregon in 1901.[2] He settled in Portland, then moved to Hillsboro in 1903; there, he was a banker with Edward Schulmerich at the Hillsboro Commercial Bank.[2] Schulmerich's home in Hillsboro is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3] Sholes started buying into the Cornelius State Bank in 1906; he would later own a majority share.[2]
In 1909, he had a new home built in Cornelius on Alpine Street, just south of the railroad tracks.[2] He platted 91 lots on his property in the city's Pleasant View Addition, and retained three on the eastern end at 16th Street for his house and two for his children.[2] The next year, he left the Hillsboro Commercial Bank, and in 1911 he was elected mayor of Cornelius.[2] During his single term he helped to found the fire department.[2] His son Frank H. also served as mayor from 1915 to 1918 and in 1929.[2]
Albert Sholes died in 1931, and businessman Percy Hillis bought the home in 1933.[2] Hillies and his family kept the home into the 1960s, leaving it in its original condition.[2] Joe and Katherine Redwine acquired the house in 1967.[2] On September 2, 1982, the structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1] By 2005 the home was owned by Mark Dakins.[4]
The architect for the house was Richard Martin Jr., who helped design other buildings such as the now Waldschmidt Hall at the University of Portland.[2] He designed a -story Craftsman Bungalow with a Georgian Colonial facade.[2] Inside, there is a central entry with stairs that the entire home is focused upon.[2] The exterior includes porches and a shed-roofed dormer.[2]