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Rocky Butte Scenic Drive Historic
<br />District, Portland, Multnomah
<br />County, Oregon, includes the view-
<br />point on the crest of Rocky Butte, the
<br />scenic drive approaches to the view-
<br />point, and Joseph Wood Hill Park,
<br />also on the crest. Rocky Butte Scenic
<br />Drive is a serpentine automobile
<br />roadway that climbs with three
<br />switchbacks and a final girdling loop
<br />to the summit of Rocky Butte. Con-
<br />tributing features include the road-
<br />ways and accompanying historic
<br />structures, the crest viewpoint struc-
<br />ture, and the historic aircraft beacon.
<br />The district's original association was
<br />with recreational driving and scenic
<br />views, although residential develop-
<br />ment has encroached on the lower
<br />portions of the roadway; nevertheless,
<br />the viewpoint still offers a scenic vista
<br />over the Columbia River plain in all
<br />directions. The road right -of -way and
<br />tax parcel boundaries were used to
<br />define the National Register bound-
<br />aries of the property. Verbal bound-
<br />ary description: The nominated area
<br />is located in Sections 21 and 28,
<br />Township IN, Range 2E, Willamette
<br />Meridian in Portland, Multnomah
<br />County, Oregon. It is a lineal, serpen-
<br />tine district consisting of the entire 50-
<br />foot -wide right of way of Rocky Butte
<br />Road and approach sections of NE
<br />92nd Avenue from Halsey Street on
<br />the south and NE Fremont Street from
<br />82nd Avenue on the west to include
<br />all historic developed features of the
<br />scenic parkway and Joseph Wood Hill
<br />Park at the crest of Rocky Butte,
<br />encompassing in all 21.48 acres, more
<br />or less, in the corporate limits of the
<br />city of Portland. The total number of
<br />contributing features (14) includes the
<br />road system, its retaining walls, two
<br />tunnels, drainage structures, stone
<br />fenders, stone bollards, the park, a
<br />stone outlook with lamp posts, a stone
<br />staircase, a viewfinder, a commemo-
<br />rative monument, and the historic
<br />aircraft beacon. Boundary justifica-
<br />tion: The district is located in Town-
<br />ship 1 North, Range 2 East, Sections
<br />21 and 28. The district is bounded by
<br />the 50 -foot -wide right of way as
<br />measured from the center lines of
<br />Rocky Butte Road, and of 92nd
<br />Avenue from Halsey Street to Rocky
<br />Butte Road South, and along Fremont
<br />Street from 82nd Avenue to Rocky
<br />Butte Road North. Tax Lot 47 of
<br />Section 28 is located within the
<br />confines of Rocky Butte Road as it
<br />circumnavigates the crest of the butte.
<br />The district comprises an approximate
<br />22
<br />total of 21.48 acres. This includes 2.38
<br />acres which is the Joseph Wood Hill
<br />portion of the district, Tax Lot 47.
<br />Because the district comprises ap-
<br />proach drives and a viewpoint located
<br />within the confines of approach
<br />drives, it was felt that the road right
<br />of ways would appropriately bound
<br />the district. The approach drives pass
<br />through residential areas at the
<br />butte's foot and then wind through
<br />newer residential areas as they climb
<br />the butte. Houses cluster along
<br />portions of the roads on the butte.
<br />Other portions of the roads are still in
<br />natural woodland.
<br />Weyerhaeuser South Bay Log
<br />Dump Rural Historic Landscape,
<br />Thurston County, Washington,
<br />encompasses 260, acres of uplands and
<br />190 acres of tideland along the
<br />Henderson Inlet of southern Puget
<br />Sound. Twin estuaries of Woodard
<br />and Chapman Bays on Henderson
<br />Inlet intersect the property forming
<br />north, south, and central peninsulas
<br />of land. The property reflects a
<br />continuity of land uses and the
<br />evolution of functional relationships
<br />between wooded land and water in
<br />the south Puget Sound region through
<br />prehistoric and historic periods. Use
<br />of the property by successive
<br />groups —Native Americans, Euro-
<br />American settlers, loggers, oyster
<br />growers, and the Weyerhaeuser log
<br />transport operation — reflects historic
<br />waterfront activities on lower Puget
<br />Sound over thousands of years. The
<br />use of the site for log dumping and
<br />booming by Weyerhaeuser Corpora-
<br />tion since 1926 has forestalled en-
<br />croachment of modern subdivision
<br />development typical of adjacent areas,
<br />thus preserving evidence of the land -
<br />use patterns of earlier eras. Evidence
<br />of prehistoric and 20th century land
<br />use is still evident, and natural
<br />landscape features survive as well.
<br />The area was occupied by prehistoric
<br />Native Americans, who gathered
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<br />Washington. Plan map showing the National Register boundaries.
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