| Sam Brown House | |
| Location: | 12878 Portland Rd. NE Gervais, Oregon[1] |
| Coordinates: | 45.1058°N -122.8871°W |
| Built: | 1856-1857 |
| Architect: | Sam Brown[2] |
| Added: | November 5, 1974 |
| Refnum: | 74001697 |
Sam Brown House (or Samuel Brown House) is a historic house near Gervais, Oregon, United States built in 1857 by Oregon pioneer and state senator Samuel Brown (1821-1886).[3] [4] The house is located on the French Prairie on the Peter Depot land claim and is believed to be the first in Oregon to be designed by an architect.[5]
The house was featured in the August 1986 issue of National Geographic Magazine, which described Samuel Brown as a Missourian who dug 62 pounds of gold in California and later moved with his wife to Oregon. The couple filed a Donation Land Claim and acquired more than 1000acres and built their house near what is now the city of Gervais.[6]
It served as a stage stop and housed three generations of the Browns. The son of the original Samuel Brown, Sam H. Brown, was a state senator and unsuccessfully ran for governor in 1934 and 1938.[7]
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
