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Thursday, 20 February 2014

C. M. Forbes House, Portland, Oregon









So my Pinterest has gone crazy the last week or two with people liking and repinning the picture of this amazing house, and I can't blame them because I could look at this house all day. Honestly, LOOK AT IT.

Built in 1887 in the Queen-Anne style for C. M. Forbes, a partner in a furniture store, and later owned by Graham Glass. The above photo was taken in 1892 by the way.




There is unfortunately very little information on this house, but, and it pains me to say, it was demolished sometime in the 1930's or so. And just to make life a little more hard, it was replaced by a high rise. It is extremely sad that such a building was demolished (as are so many), and I'm sure that the fact that there is photographic evidence makes it all the more tragic, but hopefully more effort can be put in to saving buildings like this in the future. I hope you have a great Thursday midnight while I cry in bed while clutching a photo of this house. Well... that got depressing fast.