Dunthorpe, Oregon

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Dunthorpe is a highly affluent^{[citation needed]} unincorporated suburb of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is located just south of the Portland city limits and north of the Multnomah County line on the west side of the Willamette River. Lewis & Clark College and Lake Oswego are nearby.

As a community, Dunthorpe was historically anchored by Riverdale grade school. In the early 1990s, the Oregon legislature decreed that all school districts should have both primary and secondary schools, and expected smaller school districts like Riverdale to merge. With only one grade school, Riverdale was expected to merge with the almost as affluent Lake Oswego School District to the south.^{[citation needed]} Riverdale chose to keep its independence. While an old grade school was purchased and renovated for use as Riverdale High School, high school students were bussed to nearby Marylhurst University in the neighboring city of West Linn, where space was leased by the school district.

[edit] Points of interest

One of the notable attractions of the area is the Elk Rock Gardens of the Bishop's Close, an estate which consists of thirteen acres on a high bluff on the western bank of the Willamette River. The property includes approximately six acres of cultivated English-style gardens that were designed by the New York firm of Olmsted and Son^{[citation needed]} who also designed Central Park in New York City. The garden is open to the public seven days a week and is widely known for the many varieties of magnolias as well as for examples of many other native and exotic plants. [1]