The John Phillips House is a historic 1853 vernacular Greek Revival house in the Spring Valley area of Polk County, Oregon, at 6565 Spring Valley Road NW near Salem. It was built for pioneer John Phillips, who emigrated from England in 1834 and travelled the Oregon Trail to Oregon in 1845, purchasing a donation land claim for 100 dollars and hiring carpenter Samuel Coad to build the one-and-a-half-story house with horizontal wood siding. Added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 1976, it was, as of 1980, the oldest residence in Polk County. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building Type LocationSourced to the subject's own accountPolk County, United States 2 Completed Year Classification
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The John Phillips House is a historic 1853 vernacular Greek Revival house in the Spring Valley area of Polk County, Oregon, at 6565 Spring Valley Road NW near Salem. It was built for pioneer John Phillips, who emigrated from England in 1834 and travelled the Oregon Trail to Oregon in 1845, purchasing a donation land claim for 100 dollars and hiring carpenter Samuel Coad to build the one-and-a-half-story house with horizontal wood siding. Added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 1976, it was, as of 1980, the oldest residence in Polk County.
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1853)
completion_date/completed = 1853
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John Phillips House is a historic 1853 vernacular Greek Revival house in the Spring Valley area of Polk County, Oregon, United States. It was built for pioneer John Phillips, who came to Oregon via the Oregon Trail in 1845. He finished his journey to Oregon on the Meek Cutoff as part of Stephen Meek's "lost wagon train".
John Phillips, born in 1814, was a native of Wiltshire England who came to th
In Style: Neoclassical Architecture, Infobox, architecture
architecture: Classical Revival/Greek Revival
In Style: Greek Revival Architecture, Infobox, architecture
architecture: Classical Revival/Greek Revival
Uses Element: Timber, Wikipedia lead
The 1+1⁄2-story house has horizontal wood siding.
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Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Polk County, United StatesQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Polk County, United States
Wikidata item Q6252835, property P131/P17 (location): Polk County, United States
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