Dundee Lodge

The Dundee Lodge is a farm with several outbuildings, which originated in the 1920s in the vicinity of Gaston in the U.S. state of Oregon. This rustic property in rural Washington County was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. To the, also known as Dee Brook Farm or Deebrook farm property includes three buildings designed by EE Green.

History

The Fred and Esther Dundee House was built in 1921 by Albert McCloud. Fred A. Dundee had a Locksmith in Portland; he built the log cabin for himself Dundee's operation, which was known under the name Fred Dundee Motor Car Repair and Machine Works, was located on Broadway in Flanders and later at the Jefferson Street. Dundee was previously to the turn of the century, a race car driver. He drove racing cars of the White Motor Company.

The one and a half storey house was designed by EE Green in a rustic appearance. Around the same time the Dundee Lodge was built. The building was also designed by Green used as a hotel. On 6 June 1985, the farm was registered under the name of Dundee Lodge in the National Register of Historic Places.

Details

The farm is situated in the foothills of the Northern Oregon Coast Range in Dundee Road, north-west of Gaston, Oregon near the Henry Hagg Lake in the western part of the county. All three buildings of the farm were built by EE Green in rustic style. The one and a half storey buildings have been built around 1921 and made ​​on the outer surfaces mainly of round logs, sometimes bricks were used. Thus, the U-shaped main building assumes the appearance of a log cabin. Inside the logs are visible, some walls are wood-paneled and brick open fireplaces made ​​of brick.