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2009 Portland Rose Festival History & Roses Tour presented by Windermere

In celebration of the Rose Festival’s strong ties to Portland history, this year’s History & Roses Tour presented by Windermere showcases a selection of vintage Portland area homes, landmarks and gardens. Each location has its own tradition or historical significance involving the Rose Festival and offers a glimpse of early Portland life when the festival was young.

This year we expand the Tour to include Oregon City's historical heritage in honor of Oregon's 150th.

Locations on the Tour are open various dates and hours; each location on the Tour may charge an admission rate. Discounts are available with the History & Roses Tour Passport, which can be purchased for $5 at the Rose Festival office or Dennis’ 7 Dees landscaping and garden centers.

Go to www.RoseFestival.org for additional tour site and Passport details.
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Architectural Heritage Center
701 SE Grand Ave
Portland, OR 97214, US
Non-profit resource for historic preservation
APPRECIATE, RESTORE, and MAINTAIN

Wed - Sat, 10AM - 4:30PM
$5 fee, under 12 free
$2.50 Discount w/ Passport
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Barclay House
719 Center St
Oregon City, OR 97045, US
Dr. Barclay came from Scotland to Fort Vancouver as a Hudson's Bay Company physician in 1840. In 1850, he and his wife Maria Pambrun Barclay and their seven children moved to Oregon City where he served variously as mayor of Oregon City, superintendent of schools and the first coroner in Oregon, as well as a physician. Their home, built in 1849, remained in the Barclay family until the 1930's, when it was moved up the hill from the waterfront to its present location adjacent to the McLoughlin House.

Guided Tour: Saturday, June 13
No fee
Wed - Sat, 10AM - 4PM; Sun, 1PM - 4PM
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Ermatinger House
619 6th St
Oregon City, OR 97045, US
Asa Lovejoy and Francis W. Pettygrove flipped a coin here to decide the name of the city that is now Portland

Guided Tour: Saturday, June 13
$4 fee adults; $3 fee seniors and children under 12
$1 discount w/ Passport
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McLoughlin House
713 Center St
Oregon City, OR 97045, US
Home of Dr. John McLoughlin, the "Father of Oregon". In 1941, the McLoughlin House was designated by Congress as a National Historic Site (the first in the West), and to the National Park System in 2003. Dr. McLoughlin crossed the Rockies in 1824 and established Ft. Vancouver in 1825. He was chief factor (superintendent) of the British Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) based at Ft. Vancouver on the Columbia River. Then was forced to retire when assisting American pioneers.

Guided Tour: Saturday, June 13
No fee
Wed - Sat, 10AM - 4PM; Sun, 1PM - 4PM
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Lion and the Rose Victorian Bed & Breakfast
1810 NE 15th Ave
Portland, OR 97212, US
This majestic Queen Anne home was built in 1906 for Gustav E. Freiwald, a prosperous German immigrant, owner of the Star Brewery and real estate speculator. The house is a Portland designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Sunday, May 24 - Tuesday, May 26, 12Noon - 2PM
Friday, June 12 - Sunday, June 14, 12Noon - 2PM
$2 fee
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Elk Rock, Garden of the Bishop's Close
11800 SW Military Ln
Portland, OR 97219, US
Six acres of beautiful, cultivated english-style gardens on the former Peter Kerr Estate, one of Portland's outstanding private gardens.

Every Day, 8AM – 5PM;
Self-guided walking tours
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International Rose Test Garden, Washington Park
400 SW Kingston Ave
Portland, OR 97205, US
Founded in 1917, Washington Park rose gardens cover 4.5 acres with over 550 rose varieties and 6,800 blooming rose bushes; one of Portland's best views of Mt. Hood.

Self-guided tours; no fee.
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Laurelhurst Park
SE Stark St & SE 39th Ave
Portland, OR 97214, US
Location of Rose Festival Queen's Coronation throughout the 1920s and 30s and first city park listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Every Day, 5AM – 10:30PM
Free Guided Tour: Monday, June 1st at 1:00 p.m.
Meet @ flagpole near SE Ankeny St.
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Peninsula Park
700 N Rosa Parks Way
Portland, OR 97217, US
Historical City of Portland park covers 16 acres including a formal sunken rose garden with 8,900 plantings on a two-acre site. Official Portland rose "Mme. Caroline Testout" is maintained in the garden. Octagonal bandstand overlooking the garden was built in 1913 and is a National Heritage historical structure.

Every Day, 5AM – Midnight. Self-guided tour, no fee.
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Pioneer Rose Garden and Lone Fir Cemetery
SE Stark St & SE 26th Ave
Portland, OR 97214, US
Find the one remaining Pioneer Rose Garden of Portland in the center of this tranquil and well kept historic cemetery. Dating back to 1855, many prominent Portlanders are buried here including Harry Lane, Portland's Mayor (1905-1909), who decided the city should have a "festival of roses."

30% Discount on merchandise w/ Passport
Every Day, Dawn to Dusk
Enter on SE 26th St and Stark
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1874 Zimmerman Heritage Farmhouse
17111 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR 97230, US
Built by Jacob Zimmerman in 1874, this farmhouse is filled with thousands of artifacts from the Zimmerman Family. 1870 vintage pear trees planted in 1870 and gardens including the historical Mme. Caroline Testout Rose surround the house.

Sunday, June 14, 10AM – 4PM
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1914 Pittock Mansion
3229 NW Pittock Dr
Portland, OR 97210, US
Built between 1909-1914 for Oregon pioneers Henry & Georgiana Pittock, the magnificent 16,000 sq. ft, fully furnished home sits on 46 acres with gardens, views, wooded trails.

Every Day, 11AM – 4PM
$7 Fee Adults, $6 Seniors, $4 Ages 6-18;
$2 Off w/ Passport
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Historic Irvington Heighborhood
NE Thompson St & NE 16th Ave
Portland, OR 97212, US
Many grand and elegant homes in this neighborhood, part of the original William Irving Donation Land Claim. 25 homes in this 18-block self-guided walking tour (see www.rosefestival.org for tour map locations), built between 1905 - 1920.

Every Day, Dawn to Dusk; no fee
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Rose Farm (William Holmes House)
Holmes Ln
Oregon City, OR 97045, US
William and Louisa Holmes were pioneers who joined the ‘great migration‘ in 1843. Their home, completed in 1847, is the oldest American home in Oregon City and was the scene of early government meetings and many social events. The first territorial governor, Joseph Lane, gave his 1849 inaugural address from the balcony of the Rose Farm, and the celebrants gathered on the lawn below. The claim was nicknamed the ‘Rose Farm’ by friends and neighbors because of the many roses Louisa planted in the yard

Guided Tour: Saturday, June 13
$4 fee adults; $3 fee seniors and children under 12
$1 discount w/ Passport
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Caldera Public House: Thomas Grand Building
6031 SE Stark St
Portland, OR 97215, US
Restored white columns at front of building from the Lewis & Clark Exposition

Tues-Thurs 5 – 10PM, Fri/Sat 5 – 11PM, Sun 5 – 9PM;
20% Discount on Food & Drink (Not Incl. Alcohol) w/ Passport
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McMenamins St. Johns Theater & Pub
8203 N Ivanhoe St
Portland, OR 97203, US
Quaint historical building remaining from 1905 Portland's Lewis & Clark Exposition. Barged down the Willamette River in 1906 to its current location. Restaurant, pub & movie theater.

Mon-Thurs, 11AM - 11PM; Fri/Sat 11AM - 1AM; Sun 12Noon - 11PM
20% Discount on Food & Drink w/ Passport
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Lloyd Center/Portland Rose Society 121st Annual Spring Rose Show
2201 Lloyd Center
Portland, OR 97232, US
Lloyd Center Ice Chalet becomes a delightful rose garden with more than 2,000 blooms for the largest and longest-running rose show in the country.

Thursday, June 4, 1 – 9PM and Friday, June 5, 10AM – 6PM;
$3 Fee;
15% Discount on merchandise w/ Passport
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Rose Garden Store
850 SW Rose Garden Way
Portland, OR 97205, US
Portland Rose Festival gifts, souvenirs and much more. Portland's only all-rose gift shop is located at the International Rose Test Garden, Washington Park.

20% Discount on Merchandise w/ Passport