Nils Ahlstrom House
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Nils Ahlstrom House | |
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Nils Ahlstrom House | |
| Location |
248 5th Street Ashland, Oregon[1] |
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| Coordinates | 42°06′54″N 122°25′20″W / 42.1150°N 122.4221°WCoordinates: 42°06′54″N 122°25′20″W / 42.1150°N 122.4221°W |
| Built | 1888 |
| Built by | John Fruhan |
| Architectural style | classical revival |
| Governing body | Private |
| Part of | Ashland Railroad Addition Historic District (#99000533) |
| NRHP Reference # | 80003315[2] |
| Added to NRHP | 15 February 1980 |
The Nils Ahlstrom House is a nineteenth century vernacular house located in Ashland, Oregon.[3] Built by Nils Ahlstrom, a railroad worker who had emigrated from Sweden, the home is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as of 15 February 1980.[4]
History
The Nils Ahlstrom House was built for Nils Ahlstrom, then a conductor with the Southern Pacific Railroad (now the Southern Pacific Transportation Company).[1] Ahlstrom, who was born in Sweden in 1829, relocated to Ashland, Oregon with his wife, Lavinia, also Swedish.[5]
The house was built near the Ashland Depot shortly after the railroad that connected Ashland to Portland, Oregon, and northern California was completed in December 1887.[1] The land on which the house was built was bought from George H. Andrews early in 1888. The two-story structure was built by John Fruhan[6] and completed about October of that year. The construction of the structure was reported to have cost $800.[7] The structure housed Ahlstrom's family, though five of his children died during a diphtheria outbreak.[1] Ahlstrom died in in May 1902 and his wife in 1920.[5] Ownership then passed to one of their children.[5] Currently the house remains privately owned.[5][6]
Structure
The classical revival structure was raised by John Fruhan, then a local workman.[1][6] The building is T-shaped, incorporating a rectangular main structure and an additional wing towards the back.[1]
The two-story structure rests on a stone foundation and has a hipped roof.[8] There are four double-hung sash windows towards the front. Decorative moldings line the tops of the windows and the door frames.[8] On the inside the main rectangular structure hosts four rooms downstairs with a kitchen and pantry located on the lower level in the wing section. Upstairs are five bedrooms, one of which is located, along with a bath and the staircase that leads from below, in the wing.[8] The house also boasts two chimneys.[8]
The house, which was entered on the National Register of Historic Places, forms part of the Ashland Downtown Historic District. The Ahlstrom house represents the type of structures common among railroad workers during the era just after the completion of the railroad.[8] It was one of the first such structures to be built in Ashland during that period.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Nils Ahlstrom House". National Park Service. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ↑ "National Register of Historic Places in Jackson County, Oregon". Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ↑ "Building Oregon". University of Oregon. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "NA". in Ashland Cultural Resource Inventory Survey Form form. 2 October 1888.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Oregon - Jackson County". Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ↑ "United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service". December 1979. Retrieved 30 January 2014. ""Mr. Ahlstrom's two-story dwelling on Fifth Street was raised this week." (in the Ashland Daily Tidings of 4 January 1889)"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 "Ashland Cultural Resource Inventory Survey Form form". 5 January 1984. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
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