B. A. and Ruth Stover House

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B. A. and Ruth Stover House
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Location1 NW Rocklyn Road
Bend, Oregon
Coordinates 44°3′40″N121°19′3″W / 44.06111°N 121.31750°W / 44.06111; -121.31750
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1924
Architect Hugh Thompson, Henry Nelson
Architectural styleTudor Revival, English Cottage
NRHP reference No. 92000061 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 20, 1992

The B.A. and Ruth Stover House is a historic 1924 residence in Bend, Oregon, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

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Located at 1 NW Rocklyn Road, the two-story, gabled English Cottage style house was built on a former Indian campground at the northern littoral of Mirror Pond. The pond was created in 1909 when the Deschutes River was dammed for hydroelectric power. The house was designed by Hugh Thompson and the contractor was Henry Nelson (1890–1984). Thompson was a friend of the Stovers, and also designed the Capitol Theater (1922) on Wall Street that Stover purchased from Dennis Carmody. [2] [3]

Background

Stover worked at the Bend Company mill and was a bank teller at Independent First National Bank. He served in World War I including at Château-Thierry in France, and was a theater owner and clothing retailer. Known as a youth booster, he organized the first annual Bend Water Pageant and was elected a State Representative, serving in the 1951-195[ clarification needed ] legislature under governors Douglas McKay and Paul Patterson. He was a member of numerous organizations. Bend's Stover Park is named after him. [2] [4]

Stover's wife, Ruth Cushing, was born in Spokane, Washington to pioneer parents. She was the first four-year graduate to receive a diploma at Portland's Jefferson High School in 1913, attended Eastern Washington Normal School in Cheney, and taught in Riparia, Washington and Salem, Oregon. [2]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine January 1, 1992, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
  3. history and photos Capitol Theater (Carmody)
  4. Photograph of Stover House Archived 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine University of Oregon Libraries

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