| A number of historic plaques have been dedicated throughout Lake Oswego by the Oswego Heritage Council and other civic groups as noted below. |
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Location: Bryant Road and Jean Rd., wording on a mortar and stone pillar set back about 30 feet from Jean Rd. and 50 feet west of tennis courts, in middle of lawn  October 4, 1970 at 3811 Carman Drive by the Oswego Heritage Council but the wooden plaque has since been lost to the elements.2 Location: North side of A Avenue and 5th Street, mounted on metal stand next to sidewalk. Location: East end of bridge across Oswego (Sucker) Creek on McVey Ave., affixed to sidewalk railing. Location: NW corner of Ladd and Durham Streets, mounted on metal stand set back from corner. Location: SE Corner Durham & Leonard Streets, affixed to fence in front of Peg Tree Condominiums Location: 148 B Avenue at Second St., affixed near street level front door. Location: On wall to the right of front entrance of Lakewood Center on State Street. |
Location: Iron Mt. Blvd across from Lake Oswego Hunt Club Location: 398 Tenth Street at A Avenue. Affixed to metal stand at entrance facing A Avenue. Location: 796 First St. at corner of E Avenue, left of front entrance steps.7 Location: 17401 Stafford Rd. east of Rosemont Rd., affixed to metal stand at east entrance to cemetery. Location: Lower section of Park, at SW corner Location: 295 Durham Street Location: SE corner of Durham and Wilbur Streets, mounted on a sign Location: 59 Wilbur St., mounted on metal stand next to sidewalk. Location: 47 N. State St. (Starbucks), in the flower bed in front of the building. Location: George Rogers Park, end of Furnace and Green Streets, in front of furnace Location: Lake Oswego Fire Station, Third Street and B Avenue. |
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1Construction began in 1855 by Waters Carman on 360 acre Donation Land Claim filed in 1853 and was completed and occupied 1860. First house in Oswego to have running water provided by a spring north of the house and piped in via 3/8 inch lead pipe laid by Waters Carman. The home was inherited and occupied by the grandson of Waters Carman, Wilbur Wilmot.
2Inscription: "CARMAN-WILMOT Built by Waters Carman 1855-1860 C.W. Bryant assisted Carman, a millwright born in Pennsylvania 1911, helped Durham build the mill. Carman met Lucretia Gurney whose husband had drowned after crossing the plains. They married and had four children. A daughter, Mary Lucretia Carman, married Richard B. Wilmot And lived here, respected pioneers" 3Inscription: "Built in 1894, by Albert Clinefelter and his son, Tom, and members of the congregation. The one room building (heated by a pot-bellied stove) was located on Church street. In 1929 it was moved to its present location on Greenwood Road, where a concrete basement had been built and a steeple added. It served the congregation until 1961 when a new church facility was built on South Shore Blvd, and the original building sold to the Lake Oswego community theater." 4Inscription: "Built in 1881 The Carter house is the finest example of the Italianate style in the city. Samuel H. & Lydia A. Carter purchased fourteen acres from Adam A. Shipley who had acquired some 1,000 acres in the area from the donation Land claims of Jesse Bullock and E.A. Wilson. Carter developed the property into fruit trees, grains and cabbages." 5Present at the ceremony were Mary Goodall, President of the Oswego Heritage Council; Fay MacMillan, Treasurer; and Frank Weibel, President, IOOF 6Built in 1890 to accommodate the fraternal organization’s meetings, the members came from as far away as the Milwaukie area, and the dances held on the second floor ballroom attracted as many as 100 persons. In the early 1900’s the first floor housed a doctor’s residence and office and a drugstore. Later, these were removed and the building was used strictly for meetings and social events. The Eastern Star met there in the early 1920’s, as did the American Legion in the 1950’s, and at that time the Lake Oswego Community Theater staged its productions there. As the IOOF membership dropped, the building was sold in 1975, and converted into rental apartments in the 1980's. 7Is now a private residence |
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