Daniel H. Lownsdale
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| Daniel H. Lownsdale | |
 Daniel Lownsdale |
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Legislator in the Provisional Government of Oregon
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| In office 1846 – 1846 |
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| Constituency | Tuality District |
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| Born | 1803 |
| Died | 1862 Oregon |
| Occupation | Tanner |
Daniel Lownsdale (1803—1862) is one of the founders of Portland, Oregon, United States. He established the first tannery near the current location of PGE Park just west of downtown. Lownsdale purchased the land that would become downtown Portland in 1847. Together with General Coffin, they designed the unique layout of the downtown area, with small blocks (200 feet per side, 64 feet streets), and the Park Blocks.
He became involved in a land dispute involving the authority of the laws from the Provisional Government with Josiah Lamberson Parrish. Lownsdale would defend the matter in court in a case that would make its way through the Oregon Supreme Court and to the United States Supreme Court in Lownsdale v. Parrish, 62 U.S. 290 (1858).[1]
Lownsdale is buried in the Salem Pioneer Cemetery.
[edit] References
- ^ Lownsdale v. Parrish, 62 U.S. 290 (1858).
- History of Portland, Oregon, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches by Harvey Whitefield Scott
- Gravesite information
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