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1 NPS Form (Oct. 1990), United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form <-, A Br This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property historic name other names/site number Anaell-Brewster House Angell, THomas, House; Brewstaer. William, House 2. Location street & number city or town Brewster Road Lebanon JSf/3 not for publication 0 vicinity state code county T.inn code Q43 zip code State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this S nomination D request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property 0 meets D does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant D nationally D statewide S locally. (D See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying "official/title ~. qupq Date Oregon State Historic Preservation Officer State of Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property D meets D does not meet the National Register criteria. (D See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying official/title Date State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that the property is: Hentered in the National Register. D See continuation sheet. D determined eligible for the National Register D See continuation sheet. D determined not eligible for the National Register. D removed from the National Register. D other, (explain:) Signature of the Keeper Date of Action

2 Angel1 t Thomas, House Name of Property 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) C private D public-local D public-state D public-federal Category of Property (Check only one box) S building(s) D district n site D structure D object Name of related multiple property listing (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) N/A 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) Domestic; single dwelling Linn, Oregon County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Contributing 1 Noncontributing 2 buildings sites structures objects Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register N/A Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) Domestic: single dwelling 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) Mid-19th Century Other: Vernacular Materials (Enter categories from instructions) foundation walls wood: weatherboard roof other metal Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.)

3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 2 DESCRIPTION The Thomas Angell House is a ca Donation Land Claim dwelling which fronts west along the east side of Brewster Road (originally the old Territorial Road). Located one-tenth of a mile north of the intersection of Brewster and Lacomb Roads, the property is approximately three miles northeast of Lebanon within the alluvial lowlands just east of the South Fork of the Santiam River. It is sited in a rural context surrounded by agricultural and ranching activities. Grass seed fields are located to the north and south of the house, just beyond two small vegetable gardens, some fruit, oak and Douglas fir trees and a rambling blackberry bush border. Outbuildings sited adjacent to the house at its northeast corner include a metal storage shed with projecting wood frame canopy (ca. 1975), a detached laundry and bathroom building (constructed ca as the only indoor "convenience" associated with the house), and a wooden plank and pole construction smokehouse (ca. 1920). Within this landscape is the Thomas Angell House, a rectangular, \\ story, side-gabled, wood frame dwelling, reminiscent in appearance of the New England Colonial saltbox. A small building, just \\ rooms deep, this house distinguishes itself as an early regional domestic farmstead building. Constructed simply but sturdily, with a hand-hewn, lap-joint sill, fieldstone foundation and mortise-and-tenon joinery, the building's lack of architectural detailing testifies to its utilitarian nature or the stylistic (traditional) interests of the builder. The original configuration and structural form appear to have been a small (15' by 28'), 1^-unit deep building, as evidenced by the continuous heavy timber sill, which runs the length of the house, and the obvious addition of a bedroom and kitchen to the north. Initially, the front part of the house served as a one-room, all-purpose unit. Constructed as an early balloon frame system, the building consists of both mortise and tenon and built-up corner posts and full height, \\ story wall studs notched, rather than nailed, into the plate. Corner posts, studs and rafters are sash sawn while interior wall claddings are both sash and circular sawn. According to physical evidence substantiated by a previous occupant (Peaslee, 1988), the original all-purpose room included a fireplace and an enclosed staircase along the south wall. The staircase was jammed into the southwest corner of the room, steeply pitched, concealed by a door, and detailed with simple balusters at the upper level as evidenced

4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 3 by post impressions outlining dowel holes in the attic floor. Stud placement and exterior cutouts indicate that an early 6 over 6 (6/6) doublehung window occupied the wall space just to the east of the fireplace on the first floor. A previous resident recalled a built-in seat below this window. (Peaslee, 1992) The rear lean-to half unit may have consisted of either two small rooms or one room at the south end and a porch at the north end. This is supported by the butting of the south room's window against the soffit, a treatment typical of the original construction and style of these vernacular Colonial-type forms. A proliferation of these 1^-unit deep buildings with lean-to extensions occurred in both Linn and Marion Counties during the Settlement Period ( ). (Williams, 1878) The remaining interior details that support an early two- or three-room plan (not counting the attic space) include: the two 2-panel doors along the east wall (each door has early 5-part hinges and molding on the side that faces into the all-purpose room); the hand-planed ceiling of the all-purpose room with its variable board width; and the east wall of the southeast corner room with its hand-planed, variable board finish. A structural detail which also suggests a primary and secondary room arrangement is the raised girt which runs east and west above the north wall of the all-purpose room. This girt is joined by mortise and tenon to the heavy timber corner post at the northeast corner of the all-purpose room. This helps to substantiate the idea that originally the house was constructed as a one-room unit with perhaps one or two adjoining rooms to the east serving as additional bedroom, pantry or porch space. The hand planing of the board and batten ceiling upstairs indicates that the upper story was finished for living space at an early date and, therefore, could have served originally as a bedroom. (It is important to note that the board and batten ceiling, which never has been painted, clearly demonstrates the fine quality of early hand planing typical of this house.) This room's sash-sawn variable width floor and wall surfaces also support an early date. As to the exterior of the building, the roof has a normal (between degree) pitch which extends over the original rear lean-to, creating a saltbox-type form. The house lacks any decorative molding. Closed eaves constitute the only element of architectural detailing on the cornice. The soffit board butts up against the weatherboard siding. The original wood shingle roof is concealed by corrugated metal panels. Exterior surfacing consists of very thin (3/8") hand-planed horizontal weatherboard on all elevations, excluding the north end of the front

5 W+O01I United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 4 facade where the addition (ca. 1875) is finished with simple drop siding. Ceilings, floors and doors in the oldest part of the house are hand planed. Other than the wide frieze board along the front facade and two decorative window crowns (ca. 1875) on the north elevation addition, there is very little architectural detailing. Cornerboards are full dimension 2" by 4" and are attached only on one side of each corner. Only the edges of the cornerboards are visible on the front of the house. A later addition, previously referred to, is the ca bedroom and kitchen addition along the north elevation. Evidence indicates that the weatherboard on the north elevation of the original building was removed and reused in siding this addition. A 6/6 window originally may have been positioned at the east end of this north elevation and replaced during the 1950's by a single fixed pane during a kitchen renovation. At that time, built-in cupboards, counters, a stove and oven were installed along the kitchen's north and west walls, filling in a doorway previously located between the bedroom and kitchen. The front entry door (ca. 1910) is a one-light, three-cross panel door, while the rear door is characterized by two vertical panels inset with molding. Door hardware for the main entry, bedroom and attic room addition consists of Corbin Rim Locks, while all other interior doors and the exterior rear door are furnished with Blake's Patent Latches. Original windows are 6/6 double-hung wood sash with trapezoidal muntin profile, plain casings and narrow (2") cap boards. A later window type (ca. 1875) is the 4 over 4 (4/4) double-hung wood sash. The building's previously painted surface has worn away. The front facade or west elevation consists of an entry door (ca. 1910) just to the south of center with two early (ca. 1855) 6/6 windows, one on either side. Simple drop siding covers just over one-third of the front elevation (i.e., the ca addition), with weatherboard facing the rest of the facade. The facade is protected by a recently reconstructed (1973) 3/4-width, hipped roof, Bungalow-type verandah. Composed of braced 7" by 9" redwood posts on a wooden frame, the verandah is finished by a plank floor and a metal roof with exposed rafter ends. The south elevation is composed of a later (ca. 1925) 6/6 window centered below the ridge line on the lower story. A boarded up 4/4 upper story window is positioned to the east of the center ridge. (Originally, a 6/6 window may have been located in this position.) Patching of the soffit, facia and weatherboard (a result of removing the original chimney) is evident along this elevation, especially toward the east end. The east elevation has a single 2-panel door just north of center. South of the door are two early 6/6 windows. The north window head is flush with the soffit while the window nearest the door is positioned lower on

6 NFS toft 1»«0»«United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Page the wall. This elevation is characterized by the dominant roof slope through which a brick chimney projects. The chimney is positioned just above the lean-to unit, in line with the door. The north elevation has a single rectangular fixed-pane window on the east end of the lower story. West of this window is a 4/4 window positioned east of the center ridge line. The upper story has another 4/4 window positioned on center directly below the ridge. Patching occurs on the wall below the east end window and to the left and right of the lower 4/4 window. Alterations performed during the 1930's included the removal of the original staircase, the removal of the original fireplace and relocation of the chimney to the northeast corner of the main room, and the installation of the current 6/6 window on the south elevation. Recent (ca. 1975) alterations include the corrugated metal roof, the front verandah, and the installation of the southeast room stairway. The original hand-hewn sill is in poor physical condition. Finally, it should be noted that the builder of this house may have been the owner, Thomas Angell. Research indicates that Angell had experience as a builder of cabins in Sacramento, California during the 1849 Gold Rush. (Lockley, July 11, 1926) Therefore, the simplicity of Thomas Angell's house would be in keeping with his experience in the construction of frontier cabins.

7 Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) 09 A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. County afidstal 'Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) Settlement Architecture D B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. (XI C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. Period of Significance c D D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) Property is: D A owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. D B removed from its original location. D C a birthplace or grave. D D a cemetery. D E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. Significant Dates c Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) N/A Cultural Affiliation -&/A D F a commemorative property. D G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Architect/Builder Thomas Anqell, attributed Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9. Major Bibliographical References Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): D preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested D previously listed in the National Register D previously determined eligible by the National Register D designated a National Historic Landmark D recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # D recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Primary location of additional data: D State Historic Preservation Office D Other State agency D Federal agency D Local government D University SOther Name of repository: Linn County Historical Museum

8 Anqell, Thomas, House Name of Property 10. Geographical Data Linn, Oregon County and State Acreage of Property 1:62500 UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) IliQl Zone liq 3i2i5l I 4i 9l 3i 6\ Oi 2i 5l Easting Northing 3 I I! Zone Easting J_I Northing Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) See continuation sheet Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By name/title T.isa Teresi-Burcham, May D. Dasbh, and Mary K. Gallagher organization T.inn fniinhy Planning Department date March 15, 1992 street & number pn Rnv 1 nn telephone (503) city or town Albany * Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets Maps state Oregon zip code Photographs A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Representative black and white photographs of the property. Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) name Normarc-Barenburg Seed Company, Inc. street & number Highway 34 city or town telephone (503) state Oregon zip code Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC ; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects ( ), Washington, DC

9 NPSForm 1040O«United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page A SHPO SUMMARY The one-acre parcel containing the salt box farmhouse of Thomas and Susan Angell, built about 1855, is located in the north-south travel corridor on the east bank of the South Santiam River two miles north of Lebanon, in Linn County, Oregon. The house is oriented to the west, facing the old Territorial Road, now known as Brewster Road for a later, long-time occupant of the property. The house is a one-and-a-half-story side-gabled volume of mortise and tenon balloon frame construction resting on a fieldstone foundation. The exterior is clad with thin, hand-planed lapped weatherboards and trimmed with corner boards attached to only one site at each corner. There is no frieze detail. The exterior is unpainted. Window assemblies in the original volume are six-oversix, double-hung sash with plain surrounds. Windows in a later addition to the north end are four-over-four with cornice heads. The distinctive feature of the building is its double-pitched roof sustaining a very old vernacular building tradition transmitted to New England by English colonists. In the salt box form, the front is higher than one story and the longer slope encloses the rear portion of the house to the height of ground story window heads. The roof is presently clad with corrugated sheet metal. The rear door is reached by a simple stoop. The front is sheltered by a recent (1973) hip-roofed porch in the Craftsman spirit having braced timber posts. As originally built, the house was a one-and-a-half-room cottage measuring 15 x 28 feet in ground plan. It was composed of a single all-purpose space with doorway centered in the facade and fireplace chimneypiece centered on the south wall. At the back was a single sleeping chamber and a side porch. The upstairs contained a single bed chamber over the parlor. Thus, the Angell House combines two early forms: the end chimney cottage and the salt box. About 1875, ten years before the property was acquired by its longtime owner, William Brewster, the house was enlarged at the north end by a bedroom and kitchen addition encompassing the former side porch. In the 1930s, the parlor fireplace was removed and a stove chimney was installed on the opposite side of the parlor. The staircase in the front corner that wound around the chimney was replaced by a straight-flight stairway against the south wall of

10 Nra Form 1MOO* United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number s_ Page B the back bedroom. With the exception of the loss of these features, the interior is largely intact as remodeled in the 1870s, with hand-planed ceiling cover, doors and some original latchware. The significance of the Angel1-Brewster House lies, foremost, in its rarity as an example of the post-colonial salt box end chimney cottage type, now rare in Linn County and in western Oregon generally. The Linn County cultural resource inventory, which is comprehensive, identifies only one other, a later example, the Paul Belts House of c In plan and elevation, the house reflects its roots in Colonial period vernacular building traditions. The property is significant under Criterion A, as well as C, as a welldocumented illustration of early Linn County settlement patterns. New York native Thomas Angell proved the donation land claim he made jointly with his wife in 1852 after a succession of improvements beginning with a log cabin. The Angells remained on the land until The New England heritage of both Thomas and Susan Angell up to the generation of their respective parents is discussed in some detail by way of explaining the persistence of the New England salt box and its appearance on the Oregon frontier. The nominated property includes a stand of oak trees, an apple orchard, a garden and two or three outbuildings, none of which is counted a contributing feature. The shed and bathroom/laundry buildings are plainly non-historic. A smokehouse post-dating the turn of the century is in dilapidated condition and is unrelated to the historic period of significance. In its finish elements, the house embodies, in the words of early Oregon building expert Philip H. Dole, the "simple technology, fine craftsmanship and plain detailing" of the frontier settlement period.

11 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 2 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Thomas Angell House, built ca. 1855, is a rare surviving example of the cottage-type dwelling that was common in the Willamette Valley during the Settlement Period. Its post-medieval and post-colonial form, characterized by minimal detailing, thin weatherboarding, and a floor plan incorporating a multiple-purpose room, distinguishes this building as representative of an early type of Oregon vernacular architecture. One of the few remaining houses of its architectural type in Linn County (another documented example being the James A. Crabtree Log House, ca. 1870), the Thomas Angell House merits listing on the National Register of Historic Places for significance under Criteria A and Criteria C. Thomas Angell and his family left Iowa in March 1852 and arrived in Linn County, Oregon Territory, in August. Angell decided to settle on a claim that was located near the Forks of the Santiam River. Historically, the Forks of the Santiam was the earliest settlement region in Linn County. The first recorded claim in this area (1844) was that of John Packwood. In 1845, another settler by the name of John Crabtree bought Packwood's squatter's right. The claim was located approximately five miles north of Thomas Angell's Donation Land Claim. Thomas Angell, like John Crabtree, also bought a squatter's right. By September 1852, the Angells had settled on the acre Donation Land Claim and had set up housekeeping in the squatter's log cabin. (Lockley, July 26, 1926) Emigrants who settled Donation Land Claims in western Oregon commonly constructed a succession of dwellings, beginning with a log cabin. Thomas Angell followed this typical building pattern, for within several years of his arrival in Linn County, he had replaced the squatter's log cabin with a real lumber house. (Sawn lumber would have been available since a sawmill was located in the area as early as 1852.) The Thomas Angell House is in keeping with the small cottage-type dwelling defined by Philip Dole in Space, Style and Structure: Building in Northwest America. This pre form was one or one-half stories with an all-purpose room. A fireplace was located at one end of the room and a small, winding, enclosed staircase led to a second floor bedroom. Dole (1987) indicates that smaller rooms would flank the all-purpose room to create bedrooms or perhaps a pantry. In reference to the Thomas Angell House, Dole (1987) comments: "... the placement of the [front] door and the window is not balanced but in fact moved toward the south... Perhaps this crowding was done to give room for a tiny room along the north wall of the original house." (Currently, a closet occupies a part of this space along the north wall and it is difficult to ascertain if a room was situated in this location prior to the ca addition. A small amount of structural evidence indicates that perhaps there was some kind of a shed-roof lean-to along the north elevation of the original form.

12 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 3 However, more substantial evidence remains elusive, again compromised by the addition.) Similar examples of the small cottage-type dwelling, as referenced in Williams' Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of Marion and Linn Counties, Oregon (1878),include the John Johnston House and the A. Choquette House in Marion County, as well as the B.R. Grimes House and the earlier Asa H. Peterson House in Linn County. The plan of the Thomas Angell House is derived from a type of folk house which was brought over by colonists from the British Isles during the early settlement of this country. The plan persisted as the settlers pushed westward. Materials and construction techniques changed in response to new environments and construction technologies. Philip Dole (1987) has commented that, in keeping with its post-medieval and post- Colonial form, minimal detail attributes are a supportive expression of that 'style 1. In the Thomas Angell House, one of these details is the use of thin weatherboard siding. Another minimal detail is the use of single cornerboards. Because these single boards are mounted on the southwest and northwest corners of the house, only the edges of the cornerboards can be seen on the front elevation. While the significance of the Thomas Angell House is not so much reliant on the owner as on the rarity of type, it is important to understand the relationship between the spirited lifestyles and settlement practices of the pioneers. Thomas Angell, like a number of other settlers, sold his Donation Land Claim shortly after meeting his tenure commitment on the claim. In the spring of 1858, Angell purchased several lots in the town of Lebanon, and in November of that year he sold his Donation Land Claim to William Combs. He moved into Lebanon and operated a store, apparently for several years. By the end of 1861, he had sold his Lebanon properties, purchased some cattle, and moved his family to Wasco County to take up ranching. Angell had a history of erratic settlement behavior, with a tendency toward relocation and occupational variety. The original size and utilitarian emphasis of the Thomas Angell House may be a reflection of this tendency. The Thomas Angell House has stood up well to time and should be recognized as a rare and noteworthy survivor of Linn County's early Settlement Period. DATE OF CONSTRUCTION During the first winter of , the Angells very likely lived in the squatter's log cabin. An "empty house", mapped and noted by U.S. Surveyors who were working in the area in 1852, undoubtedly was that squatter's log cabin. It was located about 600 feet southeast of the current house. By the fall of 1854, Thomas Angell lived in a house north of the "empty house", for in the U.. S. Surveyors' field notes for

13 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page September/October 1854, coordinates were entered for a dwelling described as "Angel's house". This second house was located about 600 feet east of the current house, on the Territorial Road. In 1854, the Territorial Road in the immediate area was moved approximately 600 feet to the west. The relocated section of the former Territorial Road, now locally known as "Brewster Road", is positioned just west of the current house; the house faces the road. The relationship of the current house to the second house is not known. Either the current house was built on the Territorial Road after the road's position was shifted to the west in 1854, or the second house was moved approximately 600 feet to the west after the road was relocated. In the latter case, the Thomas Angell House and the second house would be one and the same. The "empty house" (the squatter's log cabin) was located on a rise. The current house, likewise, is located on slightly higher ground than the surrounding farmland. The second house, however, as sited in the 1854 U.S. Surveyors' field notes, was located in a slightly lower, very wet area. (Although railroad tracks were laid in this area in 1906, they probably did not alter the adjacent topography significantly.) One can hypothesize that once the second house was built, the family found the s ggy ground untenable and either moved the dwelling to slightly higher ground or built the current house. While no conclusive evidence has been found to substantiate a date of construction for the current house, the preponderance of evidence supports a construction date during the period of Thomas Angell's ownership. Architectural data certainly support a pre-1865 building date. Between 1853 (the earliest possible date of construction) and 1865, the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim had three owners: Thomas Angell, William Combs, and Elias Harper. William Combs, who was deeded title to the property by the Angells in November 1858, owned the parcel only until June of Based on his short tenure during what were primarily winter months, it is very unlikely that he would have built the current house. Elias Harper, who followed Combs, owned the Donation Land Claim during the period While the possibility exists that Harper could have built the house, an earlier date of construction is suggested by the materials, workmanship, simplicity, and form of the dwelling. The materials used in the construction of the house give it a handmade quality. Wood used for siding, doors, and ceilings is hand planed. The wood which was not hand planed shows evidence of having been sash sawn. Original door hardware consists of 5-part hinges and thumb latches. The workmanship of the house also suggests an early construction date. While a balloon frame is typically nailed, the frame of this house is

14 I IMOft* dm ****** MDL f0a*00f United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 5 largely mortise and tenon, with studs notched rather than nailed into the plate. The simplicity of the Thomas Angell House, as evidenced in both the plan and lack of stylistic embellishment, also argues for a pre-1860 date prior to the establishment of local sash and door factories, which would have facilitated the adoption of national styles. Furthermore, it is interesting to note that the parents of both Thomas Angell and his wife, Susan Pinney Yeomans, were born in Rhode Island and Connecticut, respectively. Development and proliferation of the New England saltbox occurred in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. While the Thomas Angell House can be classified as an early Willamette Valley cottage-type dwelling, its original saltbox form sets it apart. (In Linn County, only one other house, the Paul Belts House, has a saltbox form. The Paul Belts House, ca. 1870, differs from the Thomas Angell House in its hall and parlour plan.) ADDITIONAL HISTORIC BACKGROUND INFORMATION Thomas Angell and his wife, Susan, arrived in the Oregon Territory on August 4, 1852, and settled on their Linn County Donation Land Claim (DLC #1876) on September 1, During the following thirty-three years ( ), the Angells 1 claim had eight different owners. Five of the first seven owners held the property for five or six years (the other two owned the property for a shorter time). By 1885, William Brewster had purchased the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim. In contrast to those who preceded them, William and Susan Brewster and their descendants lived on the claim and in the Thomas Angell House for ninety-four years. Many of the nineteenth-century owners of the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim were restless men. Not surprisingly, all of them were farmers, although one settler, William P. Preston, also worked as a teamster and later as a blacksmith. Nearly half of the men were over forty years old when they bought the property. Two-thirds of the owners,including their spouses, had been born either in the Middle West or in the Border States. Five of the eight men had lived elsewhere in Oregon before settling in Linn County, particularly in other counties of the mid-willamette Valley. Excluding Thomas Angell, three of the men who bought Angell's Donation Land Claim had settled their own Donation Land Claims in other parts of western Oregon specifically in Douglas, Polk, and Washington Counties-- before moving to Linn County. And finally, half of the owners of the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim and House apparently left the area after selling the claim.

15 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 6 Thomas Angell (born on May 7, 1810, in South Corinth, Saratoga County, New York; died on November 26(7), 1888, at Eight Mile Creek,south of The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon) Susan Pinney Yeomans Angell (born on May 12, 1832, in Rome, Herkimer County, New York; died on December 27, 1928, in Portland, Oregon) Both Thomas Angell and Susan Pinney Yeomans were born in New York State. Their fathers were direct descendants of English colonists who had arrived in the New World by the middle of the seventeenth century. Thomas was descended from an earlier Thomas Angell, who landed at Boston in Susan was descended from Edward Yeomans, who settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts in Thomas Angell, the American colonist, was born about He sailed to New England on the ship Lion as a servant or apprentice to Roger Williams, the controversial Welsh clergyman. Williams and Angell lived in Salem, Massachusetts, from 1631 to 1636, during the period of Roger Williams' persecution. In 1636, after being banished from Massachusetts, Williams founded the Rhode Island Colony. Thomas Angell joined him. In 1638, Williams gave a six-acre house lot to each of the settlers who were with him in Providence, including Thomas Angell. Angell, a farmer, was one of six men elected in 1652 to make laws for the Colony. Oregon pioneer Thomas Angell was the son of Ezekiel Day Angell and Sarah Sprague Angell. Ezekiel and Sarah were born in Rhode Island. Some time after their marriage in 1795, they moved to Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York. Thomas, the eighth of ten children, was born in Thomas left New York when he was quite young and moved to Illinois. His parents apparently remained in New York State, for they were living in Saratoga County at the time of the 1840 U.S. Census. They died within a few weeks of one another, in Oregon pioneer Susan Pinney Yeomans Angell was the daughter of Prentice Yeomans and Margaret McKinney Yeomans, both of whom were born in Connecticut. Prentice moved to Herkimer County, New York, with his parents. He eventually lived in Rome, New York, where he worked as a carpenter. Prentice and Margaret had ten children, all of whom were born in New York. Susan and her twin, who died at birth, were the youngest. In 1838, when Susan was six, Prentice and Margaret Yeomans moved their family by covered wagon to southeastern Iowa. They settled near the tiny town of Lowell and took up farming. Thomas Angell eventually left Illinois (year not known) and moved to Iowa. There, he met the Yeomans family. On April 1, 1842, he married Tirzah Ann Yeomans, the older sister of Susan Pinney Yeomans. Tirzah died on April 11, 1845, and Thomas subsequently married Susan on August 6, Susan

16 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 7 Angell recalled in later years that when she married Thomas, he was running a grist mill and also was operating a store in Lowell. Earlier, he had taught school. At age 94, Susan Angell described her first years of marriage to the itinerant Thomas: "When word came of the discovery of gold in California he [Thomas] said he thought a trip across the plains to the gold fields might help his asthma, so he bought a wagon and an ox team and started across the plains in the spring of He didn't find mining exactly to his liking, nor particularly profitable, so he took contracts to build cabins at Sacramento. In 1850 he came from San Francisco around the Horn to New York by sailing vessel and then home to Iowa. After coming home he seemed restless and discontented. He thought Iowa was too quiet, and there was too little doing, so, during the winter of 1851, he made preparations to cross the plains again to the Pacific coast. We started on St. Patrick's day, in 1852." (Lockley, July 11, 1926) On November 4, 1849, while Thomas was still in the gold fields, Susan had given birth to their first child, a son who died about eighteen months later. On December 31, 1851, several months before the Angells headed west, a daughter, Sarah Margaret, was born. Accompanying the Angells on the Oregon Trail were Benjamin Pinney Yeomans and a hired man. Benjamin, an older brother of Susan's, drove the stock, the hired man drove a large, ox-drawn covered wagon, and Thomas drove the family's light, mule-drawn covered wagon. Captain of the wagon train was David McCully. McCully's brothers, Asa (founder of Harrisburg, Linn County), Sam, and Ham, "all men of high character", also were in the train. Although a number of the emigrants decided to settle in the Salem area, the Angells elected to travel further south. Benjamin, who kept a single-page memorandum of the trip west, made the following final entry: "Aug. 21 Angell settled on a claim in the forks of the Santiam near Albany." There, according to Susan Angell, Thomas bought a squatter's right, including a log cabin. He filed for the claim in Oregon City. The tract was located in T 11 S, R 1 W, SW^ of Section 30 and T 11 S, R 2 W, SE% of Section 25. The acre Donation Land Claim (Certificate #1876, Notification #1154) was deeded by the U.S. Government to Thomas and Susan P. Angell on May 1, 1866 (the deed was filed in Linn County on July 13, 1881). According to the deed, Thomas received the south half of the claim and Susan received the north half of the claim Thomas and Susan Angell owned the Donation Land Claim north of Lebanon for slightly over six years. Little is known about the Angells during the period , when they presumably occupied the claim. After arriving in Linn County in the late summer of 1852, they undoubtedly wintered over in the squatter's log cabin. By the fall of 1854, however, they had built and were living in a second dwelling on the property. Sometime

17 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 8 after 1854, they either built the current house or moved the second structure to the present site. Two children were born to the Angells while they were living on the Donation Land Claim, Oscar F., on August 3, 1854, and Ella Susan, on April 17, Thomas made his living as a farmer. That was his listed occupation in the 1860 U.S. Census for Linn County, even though he had moved into the town of Lebanon by then. Very likely, he began to cultivate some of his land soon after arriving in the area. Like other local farmers, his fields probably were small, with only a few acres devoted to wheat. Additional plantings may have included a garden and perhaps a field of oats for the livestock that he had brought west. (Gallagher, 1990, p. 1) Thomas Angell's interest in education during this period is reflected in his association with Lebanon's Santiam Academy. The Santiam Academy, created by an act of the Legislature of the Oregon Territory, on January 18, 1854, was one of Oregon's earliest secondary schools. On August 6, 1857, Jeremiah Ralston, Lebanon's founder, and his wife, Jemima, deeded five acres to the Santiam Academy "... for a site on which to erect buildings for educational purposes..." On November 4, 1857, Morgan and Mary Kees deeded an additional five acres to the Academy for the same purpose. On each deed, Thomas Angell and four other men were listed as Trustees of the Santiam Academy. A large, handsome, two-story frame building was constructed on the acreage in the 1850's. The whereabouts of Benjamin P. Yeomans (Susan Angell's brother) during his first two years in Oregon are not known. Perhaps he lived with the Angells on their Donation Land Claim. If so, maybe he and Thomas were the builders of the second house, which had been constructed by the fall of On September 7, 1854, Benjamin Yeomans settled Donation Land Claim #5484 in Lane County. By March 9, 1855, he had "sold and relinquished" the claim. He was not listed in the 1860 U.S. Census for Oregon. Family records indicate that he eventually returned to Iowa. In the spring of 1858, and again in the spring of 1859, Thomas Angell bought three parcels (containing a total of seven lots) in and adjacent to the town of Lebanon. (Jeremiah Ralston, a pioneer of 1847, had filed the original town plat in 1855.) During this period, on November 8, 1858, he sold his Donation Land Claim to William Combs for $1,800. Susan Angell recalled that "Later we moved to Lebanon, where my husband ran a store." (Lockley, July 26, 1926) Historic records give little insight into Thomas Angell's activities during the few years that he and his family resided in the growing town. Whether Angell actually owned a store building or simply "ran" a store is not known. On April 4, 1859, he purchased two adjacent town lots from

18 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Section number 8 Page 9 a wagon maker and later sold one of them (albeit at a very low price) to a harness maker. If he owned a store, perhaps it was located on one of these lots. A store owned by Jeremiah Ralston reportedly was located at the intersection of Main and Oak Streets, in the vicinity of Thomas Angell's properties. Supposedly, it was the second store south of Oregon City that dealt exclusively in general merchandise. (Stanard, 1923) The possibility exists that Angell may have had some connection to Jeremiah Ralston's store. Thomas Angell sold all of his Lebanon properties, excepting one, in On November 6, 1860, he sold a single large lot, with included house, for $500. Since Angell had purchased the lot for only $50 on March 31, 1858, it appears that the house probably was built during the period of his ownership. The Angell family undoubtedly lived, at least for some period of time, on a four-lot parcel. Angell bought the property on May 12, 1858, from Jeremiah and Jemima Ralston, a half year before he sold his Donation Land Claim. A house, barn, and outbuildings were present on the four-lot parcel when Angell sold it for $1,000 on March 2, 1861, at about the time he and his family moved to north central Oregon. In a 1926 interview, Susan Angell recalled, "In 1861 we moved east of the mountains, taking up a stock ranch in Wasco county, not far from The Dalles." (Lockley, July 26, 1926) The Angells probably left Linn County in the spring or summer of 1861, for by then Thomas had sold all of his Lebanon properties. (A daughter, Mary, was born to the Angells on June 9, Whether the family was still living in Lebanon on that date, or whether they already had moved to Wasco County has not been determined.) According to Susan, Thomas invested the money from his land sales in cattle. "We then started to The Dalles. The children and I came by boat and Mr. Angell brought the cattle across the mountains. We bought a place on Fifteen Mile creek near Dufur [about 15 miles south of The Dalles]." The first winter on Fifteen Mile Creek was a "fearful" one. Owing to deep snows, the Angells ran out of feed for the stock and lost all of their cattle, except for a single cow. They were "completely stranded financially". Friends and relatives back east came to the rescue and helped the destitute family so that eventually the Angells were able to buy a place on Eight Mile Creek, about eight miles south of The Dalles. (Walker, 1922) Thomas Angell, the restless pioneer, finally settled down and spent the last twenty-seven years of his life in one area. Susan, in an uncharacteristically candid interview, later recalled: "We were quite prosperous there [on Eight Mile Creek] but after several years, my husband again wanted to try his luck with stock. We bought a lot of sheep. Bad luck seemed to follow us, when we tried to do anything with stock. The sheep all died during the winter, our farm was mortgaged and we lost it as a

19 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Section number 8 Page 1Q result of the sheep venture. The worry and trouble of that year caused my husband to die before our financial affairs had been straightened out." (Walker, 1922) Thomas succumbed to asthma in November 1888, at the age of seventy-eight. Soon thereafter, Susan moved with her children to The Dalles. There, she opened her home to boarders in order to provide for the children that still lived at home. Three sons had been born to Susan and Thomas Angell after they moved to Wasco County. Homer Daniel Angell, the youngest of the Angell children, was born when Thomas was about sixty-five. Homer undoubtedly was the most renowned of the eight children. He received a law degree from Columbia University, and eventually served as Representative and then as Senator in the Oregon Legislative Assembly. From 1939 to 1955, he represented Oregon's Third Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. When he was nearly ninety, Homer Angell compiled a genealogy of the Thomas Angell family and recorded some of his reminiscences about his early years in Wasco County. Susan Angell, who died at the age of ninety-six, lived in Portland, Oregon, during her last years, with Homer and his wife. In 1926, she was honored as "Queen Mother of Oregon". When Susan was in her nineties, the Portland newspapers published several interviews with her, in which she recalled her trip west on the Oregon Trail and her life as a pioneer homesteader, particularly in Wasco County. William Combs (probably born about 1824, in Ohio) On November 8, 1858, Thomas and Susan Angell sold their Donation Land Claim to William Combs. [The tract was described in the deed and in subsequent deeds as containing 320 acres, not the original acres.] Combs, who paid $1,800 for the parcel, owned the land for less than eight months. On June 23, 1859, he sold the 320 acres to Elias Harper for $2,100. Elias Harper (born in 1828, in Meigs County, Ohio) Mary Amanda Kemp Harper (born about 1833, in Missouri) Elias Harper, a farmer, arrived in Oregon on November 5, 1850, and settled a 318-acre Donation Land Claim (DLC #1829) in Polk County on June 9, He married Mary Amanda Kemp in Polk County, in 1853 or 1854 (three different dates have been published). Elias Harper, who had purchased and presumably was living on the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim at the time of the 1860 U.S. Census for Linn County, headed a household that included Mary, an infant boy, and 10-year old Amanda Smith who had been born in Missouri. After owning the claim for about six years, the Harpers sold the tract to Christian Bridgefarmer on July 17, 1865, for $1,700.

20 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page _11 Christian Bridgefarmer (born about 1830, in Indiana) Martha Wishard Bridgefarmer (born about 1840, in Iowa) On June 26, 1865, three weeks before he purchased the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim from the Harpers, Christian Bridgefarmer, who was a farmer, married Martha Wishard in Linn County. During the five years that the Bridgefarmers lived on the parcel, they had at least two children. [Published sources indicate that Christian Bridgefarmer was the same person as a "Christopher Bridgefarmer", who arrived in Oregon prior to December 1, 1850, and settled a 320-acre Donation Land Claim (DLC #1587) in Washington County on November 25, 1852.] On July 15, 1870, Christian and Martha sold the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim to William B. Bryan and Edwin L. Bryan for $3,500. William B. Bryan (born about 1820, in Kentucky) Elizabeth J. Bryan (born about 1814, in Kentucky) Edwin L. Bryan (born about 1835, in Missouri) Leah Ann Bryan (born about 1844, in Illinois) William B. Bryan and Edwin L. Bryan were living in Benton County at the time they purchased the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim. William, a Corvallis farmer, apparently died less than two years after the purchase, for on July 2, 1872, his heirs (Elizabeth J. Bryan, probably his wife, and Samuel T. and Ann Amelia Brown) sold their interest to co-owner Edwin L. Bryan for $1,067. Within about seventeen months, Edwin, a farmer, and his wife, Leah Ann, sold the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim, as well as an adjacent acres, to William P. Preston for $5,000. William P. Preston (born in 1826, in Butler County, Ohio) Mary Ann PrestonTborn about 1830, in Indiana) William P. and Mary Ann Preston were married in Lee County, Iowa on November 26, They arrived in Oregon on October 28, 1853 and settled a 296-acre Donation Land Claim (DLC #608) in Douglas County on June 15, At the time of the 1870 U.S. Census, William P. and Mary A. Preston and two of their children were living in Benton County, in Corvallis; both William and his 20-year old son were described as teamsters. On November 21, 1873, the Prestons purchased the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim and the additional acres from the Bryans. Six years later, on December 9, 1879, the Prestons sold the entire acreage to George F. Burkhart for $2,500, only half of the purchase price. By the time of the 1880 U.S. Census, the Prestons were living in the town of Lebanon, where he was working as a blacksmith.

21 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page 12 George Fred Burkhart (born on October 26, 1846, at Whitman Station, Washington Territory; died on September 29, 1911, in Portland, Oregon) Sarepta Cornelius Burkhart (born about 1850, in Missouri; died in 1898, probably in Linn County, Oregon) Raymond S. and Elizabeth Wassom Burkhart, early pioneers from Iowa, arrived at Whitman Station not long before the birth of a son, George F. Burkhart. The Burkharts wintered over at Whitman Station and then, early in the spring of 1847, travelled south and settled a Donation Land Claim near Lebanon. George graduated from Santiam Academy, studied at Oregon State Agricultural College in Corvallis, and then taught school in Linn County for several years. He married Sarepta Cornelius in 1878, the year before he purchased the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim. George, who was listed as a farmer in the 1880 U.S. Census, owned the claim for more than five years. George F. Burkhart is the only owner of the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim for whom U.S. Census records for "Productions of Agriculture" are available. George, who presumably was living on the claim in the summer of 1880 when the census was taken, reported his farm activities during the preceding year, Although he did not buy the parcel from the Prestons until December 9, 1879, he may have been living on the claim prior to that time, since the Prestons owned property in Lebanon as early as George F. Burkhart reported that, in 1879, he rented the land that he was farming for a fixed amount, not for a share of the profits. Of the acreage rented by George, 50 acres were "tilled, including fallow and grass in rotation (whether pasture or meadow)" and 245 acres were "woodland and forest". In 1879, George Burkhart's rented farm produced 700 bushels of wheat, 240 bushels of oats, 30 bushels of potatoes, 4 tons of hay, and 110 cords of wood. His cows produced 40 pounds of butter and his hens laid 60 dozen eggs. As of June 1880, he had on hand 3 horses, 5 cows and several other head of cattle, 12 pigs, and 24 chickens. On June 23 (or 25), 1885, George F. and Sarepta Burkhart sold the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim and the additional acre tract to William Brewster for $4,100.

22 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 13 William Brewster (born on November 29, 1833, in Scotland; died on November 18, 1906, at the Thomas Angell House) Susan Jane Peterman Brewster (born on February 2 (or 23), 1851, in Ontario, Canada; died on February 15, 1918, at the Thomas Angell House) William Brewster, who was born in Scotland, emigrated to Canada with his parents when he was a child. He lived in Canada until his marriage to Susan Jane Peterman, a Canadian. Following their marriage in March of 1871, the Brewsters moved to northwestern Iowa. According to Susan's obituary, she and William "... were among the first of a small number of pioneers who settled in that portion of Iowa when it was frontier territory... For fifteen years that was their home..." (Lebanon Criterion, February 22, 1918) William and Susan Brewster had eight children, including a set of twins; two children died in infancy. The six Brewster children who reached adulthood were born in Iowa. In 1885, William Brewster, who was a farmer, moved his family from Iowa to Oregon, where he purchased the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim. William and Susan Brewster differed from previous owners of the claim in several ways. Unlike the seven families that preceded them, the Brewsters came to Oregon long after the Settlement Period ( ) had ended. Unlike the previous owners, each of whom owned the claim for no more than six years, William and Susan Brewster and, later, several of their direct descendants owned the farm for ninety-four years. Doris Peaslee, a granddaughter of the Brewsters who was born in the Thomas Angell House, lived on the property until she was about six years old. Her parents, Ethel Brewster Chamberlin (one of the twins) and George E. Chamberlin, were married in They lived with the widowed Susan Brewster during the last few years of her life and helped her to manage the farm. Mrs. Peaslee has been able to provide information about the house, the location of outbuildings which no longer exist, and the plantings. Although she does not have information about specific crops that were grown by William Brewster, Mrs. Peaslee does remember that a potato house once stood on the property, suggesting that potatoes may have been a cash crop. (Potatoes were being grown as a cash crop in the Lebanon-Waterloo area in the early years of the twentieth century.) In 1906, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company laid track north of Lebanon. A north-south segment of that line crossed the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim 600 feet east of the Thomas Angell House. A small railroad station, officially called Brewster, was built on the southern part of the claim. Mrs. Peaslee recalls that the small building, which protected passengers from the weather, consisted of a single room without electricity. The structure no longer exists.

23 Ma te0*aoi«united States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 1 ^ On June 2, 1904, two years before his death, William Brewster sold to his wife, Susan Brewster, for $1.00, the 320-acre Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim, the acre parcel, and an additional 160-acre tract. Following Susan's death in 1918, her descendants (her surviving children and two grandchildren) inherited a acre tract that included part of the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim and the Thomas Angell House. On September 30, 1924, several of the heirs sold their interest to Brewster heirs John Alexander Brewster (William's son) and Mary E. Carleton (William's daughter) and her husband, Bland C. Carleton. Subsequently, on September 26, 1925, the Carletons sold their interest in the property to John Alexander Brewster. On August 8, 1979, Florence Brewster Long (daughter and heir of John Alexander Brewster and his wife, Effie) sold acres, including the acre tract, to Normarc, Incorporated (now the Normarc-Barenburg Seed Company, Incorporated). Thus ended the Brewster family's nearly one-hundred year ownership of the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim and the historic Thomas Angell House. Normarc-Barenburg Seed Company, Incorporated The Normarc-Barenburg Seed Company grows rye grass for seed production. Fortunately, the company has allowed the historic Thomas Angell House to remain standing in the midst of its rye-grass fields. In recent years, Normarc-Barenburg has rented the dwelling to Neal and Juanita Parlee; Neal Parlee is an employee of the company. On April 16, 1990,.the Thomas Angell House was placed on the Linn County Historic Register by the Linn County Historic Resource Commission.

24 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 9 Page 2 BIBLIOGRAPHY Angell, Homer, Genealogy of Thomas Angell ( ) and His Wife, Susan Pinney Angell7 nee Yeomans ( ), Oregon Pioneers 1852, and Their Descendants, Compiled by Their Son, Homer Daniel Angell ( ), With Some Facts and Incidents from His Life Story and Public Service, Clarke, S.J.publishing Company, The Centennial History of Oregon, , Vol. 4, S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1912 [Biography of George Fred Burkhart, p. 1075]. Dole, Philip, "Farmhouses and Barns of the Willamette Valley", in Space, Style and Structure: Building in Northwest America, (editors) Thomas Vaughan and Virginia Guest Ferriday, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Dole, Philip, "The Rural Landscape", in Space, Style and Structure: Building in Northwest America, (editors) Thomas Vaughan and Virginia Guest Ferriday, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Dole, Philip, Letter to Mary Gallagher, May 20, 1987 [historic architect] Dole, Philip, Personal Communication to Mary Gallagher and May Dasch, November Dole, Philip, Personal Communication to Mary Gallagher, Lisa Teresi- Burcham, and May Dasch, March 4, Ellis, Jean, Personal Communications to Mary Gallagher and May Dasch, February-March 1992 [great-granddaughter of William and Susan Brewster; former occupant of the Thomas Angell House]. Gallagher, Mary K., "Oregon Inventory of Historic Properties Historic Resource Survey Form: Brewster House", Linn County (Oregon) Planning Department, April 28, Gallagher, Mary K., "Agriculture: Farming", in Brownsville Historic Precinct Survey and Inventory Project: Phase I Historic Contexts, Linn County (Oregon)Planning Department,1990. Genealogical Forum of Portland, Oregon, Genealogical Materials in Oregon Donation Land Claims: Vol. 1, 1957; Vol. 3, 1962; Vol. 4, 1967; Vol. 5, 1975; and Index.

25 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Section number 9 Page Lebanon Criterion, February 22, 1918 (Obituary of Susan Brewster). Lebanon Express-Advance, November 23, 1906 (Obituary of William Brewster) Linn County, Oregon, Deed Records. Linn County, Oregon, Marriage Records. Lockley, Fred, "Impressions and Observations of the Journal Man", Oregon Journal, July 11, 1926, sec. 1, p. 10. Lockley, Fred, "Impressions and Observations of the Journal Man", Oregon Journal, July 26, 1926, p. 8. Long, Florence, Personal Communication to May Dasch, February 1992 [granddaughter of William and Susan Brewster]. Miles, John, and Milligan, Richard R., Linn County, Oregon, Pioneer Settlers; Oregon Territory Donation Land Claim Families to 1855, Vol. 8, 1986 [Section on Raymond S. Burkhart, p. 23]. Miles, John, and Milligan, Richard R., Linn County, Oregon, Pioneer Settlers; Oregon Territory Donation Land Claim Families to 1855, Vol. 10, 1987 [Section on Thomas Angell, p. 13]. The Oregonian, May 13, 1928, sec. 2, p. 1, 4 (Article about Susan Angell)T The Oregonian, December 28, 1928, p. 11 (Obituary of Susan Angell). Parlee, Juanita, Personal Communications to Lisa Teresi-Burcham, January-March 1992 [current occupant, Thomas Angell House]. Parlee, Neal, Personal Communications to Lisa Teresi-Burcham, January-March 1992 [current occupant, Thomas Angell House]. Peaslee, Doris, Personal Communication to Mary Gallagher, February 17, 1988 [granddaughter of William and Susan Brewster; former occupant of the Thomas Angell House]. Peaslee, Doris, Personal Communications to Lisa Teresi-Burcham, Mary Gallagher, and May Dasch, March 1992 [Mrs. Peaslee has consulted with two other members of the Brewster family about historic details, Florence Long and Jean Ellis]. Stanard, Everett Earle, "Old Stuff and New", Albany-Democrat, July 29, 1923, p. 6.

26 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 9 Page * Stanard, Everett Earle ["The Burkhart Family", probably from Albany- Democrat (no date)]. The Dalles The Dalles Times Mountaineer, December 8, 1888 (Obituary of Thomas Angell). U.S. Government,Census Records for Benton County, Oregon: U.S. Government, Census Records for Linn County, Oregon: 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1905, 1910 (including "Productions of Agriculture" for 1880). U.S. Government, General Land Office, Donation Land Claim Maps and Surveyors' Field Notes for T 11 S, R 1 W, Section 30 and T 11 S, R 2 W, Section 25, U.S. Government, General Land Office, Surveyors' Maps and Field Notes for T 11 S, R 1 W, Section 30 and T 11 S, R 2 W, Section 25, Walker, Margaret, "Mrs. Angell Crossed Plains 70 Years Ago", The Dalles Optimist, White, James T.,and Co., The National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 56, James T. White and Co., New Jersey,1975[Biography of Homer Daniel Angell, p. 90]. Williams, Edgar and Co., Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of Marion and and Linn Counties, Oregon, Edgar Williams and Co., San Francisco, California, 1878.

27 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 1Q Page 2 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Verbal Boundary Description Beginning at the Southeast corner of Section 25, Township 11 South, Range 2 West of the Willamette Meridian in Linn County, Oregon, said corner being in the center of the County Road No. 20-L; thence North 89 50'41" West along the South line of said Section 25, ft., more or less, to the Easterly right-of-way line of County Road No. 24; thence North 8 41'54" East along said Easterly right-of-way ft., more or less, to a 5/8" iron rod at the P.C. of a 0 30' curve; thence along a 11, ft. radius curve to the right ft. (the long chord of which bears North 8 59 f 49" East ft.) to the true point of beginning; thence South 89 50'41" East parallel to the South line of Section 25, ft.; thence North 0 09 I 19" East ft.; thence North 89 50'41" West ft.; thence North 9 54'04" West ft.; thence North 89 50'41" West ft. to the Easterly right-of-way line of County Road No. 24; thence along a 11, ft. radius curve to the left ft. (the long chord of which bears South 9 54'00" West ft.) to the true point of beginning. Boundary Justification This legal description encompasses, within a one-acre site, that part of the Thomas Angell Donation Land Claim which was the site of Thomas Angell's ca house, and that area within which lies the most significant historic landscape features of the site.

28 THOMAS ANGELL HOUSE LINN COUNTY, OREGON (nominated area outlined in red) LINN COUNTY ASSESSOR'S MAP 11 2W 25 J>t Cor Ldwarrt Abbott DI.CS6 NWCor. WMt 60. Jo c», id Jones 0 LC 72

29 TERRITORIAL ROAD IN 1854 (NOW KNOWN AS BREWSTER ROAD) SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD (1906) TERRITORIAL ROAD IN 1852 N BREWSTER STATION DONATION LAND CLAIM BOUNDARY #1 Site of "empty house" (U.S. Surveyors' Map and Field Notes, 1852); this dwelling was the squatter's log cabin mentioned by Susan Angell #2 Site of second house (described as "Angel's house" in U.S. Surveyors' Field Notes, 1854) #3 (Current) Thomas Angell House, ca THOMAS ANGELL DONATION LAND CLAIM (T 11 S, R 1 W, SW^ Section 30 and T 11 S, R 2 W, SE% Section 25, W.M.) 1 mile

30 N C / OAK TREES - ṉ I P^D <-p< V^MAPLE TREE V CHERRY TREE 185 SHED BATHROOM /LAUNDRY SMOKEHOUSE THOMAS ANGELL HOUSE J) oo Or? APPLE TREES O Oo FIR TREES 283 SITE PLAN (1 acre, more or less) THOMAS ANGELL HOUSE LINN COUNTY, OREGON (T 11 S, R 2 W, SE^ Section 25, W.M.)

31 FIRST FLOOR PRESENT FLOOR PLANS 1992 THOMAS ANGELL HOUSE 10 FEET N SECOND FLOOR

32 PANTRY BEDROOM OR FIRST FLOOR FIRST FLOOR HISTORIC FLOOR PLANS ca (conjectural) THOMAS ANGELL HOUSE 10 FEET N SECOND FLOOR

33 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Photographs Section number Page l THOMAS ANGELL HOUSE The following information is the same for all of the photographs that are listed below (#1 - #10): Property name: Thomas Angell House Property location: Vicinity of Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon Photographer: Lisa Teresi-Burcham Photograph date: January 1992 Location of negatives: Linn County Historical Museum 101 Park Avenue Brownsville, Oregon #1. Northwest view site with house and outbuildings #2. East view west elevation (front) #3. Northeast view southwest perspective #4. Northwest view south elevation #5. West view-- east elevation (rear) #6. South view north elevation #7. South elevation-- west end sill detail #8. East elevation-- door detail #9. Interior-- detail of back door #10. Northwest view-- smokehouse building Erratum: "Thomas Angell" is the correct name, not "Thomas _P. Angell", as is written on the back side of some photographs.

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