Simon Benson House Explained

Simon Benson House
Designated Other1 Name:	Portland Historic Landmark^[1]
Designated Other1 Color:	lightgreen
Location:	1803 SW Park Avenue Portland, Oregon
Coordinates:	45.5123°N -122.6854°W
Built:	1900
Architecture:	Queen Anne
Added:	October 25, 2002
Refnum:	01000155

The Simon Benson House is a 19th-century house located in downtown Portland, Oregon. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[2]

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History

The Queen Anne style house was built of wood-frame construction in 1900. Norwegian immigrant Simon Benson (1851-1942) was a leading businessman, innovator, and philanthropist. Benson helped build Benson Polytechnic High School and gave the iconic bronze Benson Bubbler drinking fountains to the City of Portland. He had the house built as a residence for his family. The Benson family moved from the house in 1913 when the Benson Hotel was completed. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

During the 1930s, the house was turned into a boarding house, and then later divided into apartments.The house was originally located at SW 11th and Clay Avenue. It was moved to its current location at SW Park and Montgomery Street at Portland State University (PSU) in 2000.It is currently owned by Portland State University and is the former site of the PSU Alumni Association.^{[3] [6] [7]}

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland, Oregon

Further reading

• Alice Benson Allen (1976) Simon Benson: Northwest Lumber King (Hillsboro, OR: Binford & Mort Publishing)

External links

• • Floor plans
• Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=01000155}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Simon Benson House]. pdf. John M. Tess. August 26, 2002. National Park Service.

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Oregon National Register List. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. 30. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425031913/https://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf. April 25, 2018. dead. June 6, 2011. August 7, 2023.
3. Web site: Simon Benson House. oregonencyclopedia.org. October 1, 2020.
4. Web site: Benson Hotel. oregonencyclopedia.org. October 1, 2020.
5. Web site: Simon Benson (1851-1942). oregonencyclopedia.org. October 1, 2020.
6. News: Killen. John. Simon Benson House filed a change of address 15 years ago . February 5, 2015. The Oregonian. February 4, 2015. A12.
7. Web site: Simon Benson House. PSU Alumni Association. October 1, 2020.