Greetings: I wanted to share with everyone the news that the historic Philip Oatfield house on Oatfield Road (incorrectly identified as the John Oatfield House) is scheduled to be either moved (if someone will step forward) or demolished. A sign went up this morning announcing that eventuality. This house was constructed in 1903 by Phil […]
Greetings! I thought I’d share with you the history of another local icon that is about to be demolished – another loss to the community. If you know anyone that might be able to rescue this house please pass this along. This history is expected to be posted on the Restore Oregon website. End of […]
Greetings: As an addendum to yesterday’s announcement that the Phil Oatfield house is slated to be demolished, we have learned today that Clackamas County has just posted a notification about this proposed action on their website. This posting provides information as to the owner of the property and an address where the agent can be […]
RESTORE OREGON POSTS OATFIELD HOUSE ON THEIR WEBSITE The Oak Lodge History Detectives wishes to thank Restore Oregon for posting our notice about the proposed demolition of the Phil Oatfield House on their website. You can see the post on their blog or by going to their home page and doing a search on “Oatfield”. […]
Greetings: For those interested here is an update on the status of the proposed demolition of the 1903 Phil Oatfield house at 14928 S.E. Oatfield Rd. To the best of our knowledge no one has come forward to try and move this house to a new location. Unless someone should the process for approval of […]
THURSDAY FEB. 9th 7:00 P.M. Weather Permitting ! OAK LODGE WATER DISTRICT OFFICES 14496 S.E. River Rd. @ Maple St. Greetings! They say “Try, try again”. And so we shall attempt to dodge Old Man Winter’s wrath this month and hold our first meeting in several months – cancelled previously due to unusually wintry weather. […]
The date for the hearing pertaining to the proposed demolition of the Phil Oatfield House is March 9th. And as luck would have it, the hearing will be at the EXACT SAME TIME as our March 2017 OLHD meeting! The hearing will be held at 7:00 p.m. at the Clackamas County Development Services Building, Room […]
THURSDAY MARCH 9th 7:00 P.M. Weather Permitting! OAK LODGE WATER SERVICES OFFICES 14496 SE River Rd. @ Maple St. Greetings: With a little bit of luck Old Man Winter will not interrupt our meeting in March! At our last meeting we spent a fair amount of time discussing At Risk Historic Houses and the things […]
PHIL OATFIELD HOUSE HEARING THURSDAY MARCH 9th Clackamas County Development Services Bldg. Room 118 150 Beavercreek Rd. Oregon City 7:00 P.M. This is a final reminder that the hearing regarding the proposed demolition of the Phil Oatfield House, at 14928 S.E. Oatfield Rd., will be Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. This hearing exactly coincides with […]
Greetings: Many of you may be wondering about the results of the “hearing” on March 9th pertaining to the proposed demolition of the Phil Oatfield House. The “hearing” was intended to give interested parties an opportunity to testify before the Clackamas County Historic Review Board, with a resulting up or down decision. It turns out […]
The historic Phil Oatfield house, designated as the “John Oatfield House” by Clackamas County, is about to have its “last dance”. Located at 14928 S.E. Oatfield Rd. in Oak Grove the recent owner has petitioned Clackamas County to demolish it. Built in 1903 by Philip Oatfield, a son of pioneers Michael and Minerva Oatfield, the […]
OATFIELD HOUSE DEMOLITION UPDATE Greetings: On April 20th a hearing was held regarding the proposed demolition of the Philip Oatfield house in Oak Grove. The hearing was held before Hearings Officer (H.O.) Fred Wilson, and was hosted by Clackamas County Planning & Zoning. Arguments in support of the proposed demolition were presented by Senior Planner […]
Greetings: Word has been received that the applicant, Paul Matveev, has WITHDRAWN his application to demolish the Historic Phil Oatfield house on Oatfield Rd. See the attached DECISION. The hearing on this application, before hearings officer Fred Wilson, was held on April 20th. Clackamas County Planning, and the applicant Paul Matveev, testified in favor of […]
During the week prior to Christmas, the 1903 Phil Oatfield house on Oatfield Rd. succumbed to the wrecking ball. After 114 years of being a home for the Oatfields and subsequent families the historic building was demolished as a result of major neglect by more recent owners. Goodbye old friend. Perhaps, with some luck, we […]
