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e of

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wis

and

Cla

rk C

ente

nnia

l Ex

posi

-tio

n, P

ortla

nd b

oast

s a

dive

rse

rang

e of

his

toric

str

uctu

res,

be

autif

ul g

arde

ns a

nd a

thr

ivin

g cu

ltura

l sce

ne. J

oin

us in

“S

tum

ptow

n” f

rom

Sep

tem

ber

5-9,

20

18 a

s w

e ex

plor

e th

e ci

ty’s

hist

oric

dis

tric

ts w

ith p

rese

rvat

ion

spec

ialis

ts,

visi

t la

ndm

ark

hom

es w

ith h

isto

rians

and

sch

olar

s, a

nd g

et a

be

hind

the

sce

nes

look

at

craf

t ar

tisan

and

col

lect

ors’

stu-

dios

. We’

re s

ure

you’

ll fa

ll un

der P

ortla

nd’s

spel

l with

its

lush

na

tura

l bea

uty,

fro

ntie

r hi

stor

y an

d cu

linar

y de

light

s. W

e’re

PD

X b

ound

!

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A NORTHWEST EXPEDITION: A GAMBLE HOUSE ARCHITECTURAL STUDY TOURTO PORTLAND, OREGON • SEPTEMBER 5-9, 2018

“My

own

inte

rest

...con

cern

s de

liber

ate

aest

hetic

pr

efer

ence

...for

arc

hite

ctur

e w

hich

tran

slat

es th

e sp

irit

of p

lace

s in

to fo

rms

whi

ch a

re h

abita

ble.

” — J

ohn

Yeon

DAY

1: W

edne

sday

, Sep

tem

ber

5Tr

avel

on

your

ow

n to

Por

tland

, O

rego

n. C

heck

-in a

t th

e H

otel

Luc

ia, o

rigin

ally

con

stru

cted

in 1

909

as a

n ex

pans

ion

to t

he Im

peria

l Hot

el a

nd li

sted

in t

he N

atio

nal R

egis

ter

of

His

toric

Pla

ces

in 2

00

3. G

uest

s ar

rivin

g pr

ior t

o 5:

00

p.m

. are

in

vite

d to

enj

oy a

mee

t-an

d-gr

eet r

ecep

tion

at H

otel

Luc

ia.

DAY

2: T

hurs

day,

Sep

tem

ber

6 B

egin

the

mor

ning

exp

lorin

g th

e he

art

of d

ownt

own

Port

-la

nd a

nd le

arn

abou

t th

e ar

chite

cts,

des

igns

, and

bui

ldin

g m

ater

ials

tha

t ch

ange

d th

e ci

ty d

ram

atic

ally

in

the

early

20

th c

entu

ry. T

his

tour

exa

min

es t

he d

ownt

own

“tem

ples

of

com

mer

ce,”

man

y of

whi

ch a

re c

lad

with

bea

utifu

l gla

zed

terr

a co

tta,

a b

uild

ing

mat

eria

l tha

t was

at i

ts h

eigh

t of p

op-

ular

ity i

n th

e ea

rly 2

0th

cen

tury

. Lu

nch

over

look

ing

Port

-la

nd’s

skyl

ine

from

1,0

00

feet

up

with

a v

iew

of fi

ve C

asca

de

Mou

ntai

ns. T

our

Pitt

ock

Man

sion

(19

14),

the

16,0

00

sq.

ft.

Fren

ch R

enai

ssan

ce s

tyle

hom

e bu

ilt f

or H

enry

(ow

ner

of

The

Ore

goni

an)

and

Geo

rgia

na P

ittoc

k, d

esig

ned

by a

rchi

-te

ct E

dwar

d T.

Fou

lkes

with

all

the

mod

ern

conv

enie

nces

of

the

time.

The

day

con

tinue

s w

ith a

vis

it to

tw

o Jo

hn Y

eon

desi

gned

res

iden

ces,

the

Cot

trel

l and

Wat

zek

hous

es. T

he

Cot

trel

l ho

use,

site

d on

a s

even

-acr

e, h

illsi

de f

ores

t re

-

serv

e, f

eatu

res

a qu

arte

t of

bed

room

sui

tes

surr

ound

ing

a ge

nero

us r

oom

for

ent

erta

inin

g. W

e ne

xt t

our

the

Wat

zek

Hou

se (

1935

), Po

rtla

nd’s

only

Nat

iona

l H

isto

ric L

andm

ark

resi

denc

e, d

esig

ned

for

Port

land

lum

ber

mag

nate

Aub

rey

Wat

zek

whe

n Ye

on w

as ju

st 2

6 ye

ars

old.

Bui

lt fr

om re

gion

al

woo

ds w

ith v

iew

s of

Mt.

St. H

elen

s, M

t. H

ood,

and

Tua

latin

Va

lley,

Yeo

n de

scrib

ed th

e de

sign

as

“a s

eque

nce

of r

evel

a-tio

ns.”

The

even

ing

conc

lude

s w

ith c

ockt

ails

and

an

intim

ate

dinn

er in

thi

s br

eath

taki

ng e

xam

ple

of N

orth

wes

t Re

gion

al

Styl

e ar

chite

ctur

e.

DAY

3: F

rida

y, S

epte

mbe

r 7

We’

ll jo

urne

y th

roug

h Po

rtla

nd’s

Old

Tow

n, w

hich

con

tain

s on

e of

the

larg

est c

olle

ctio

ns o

f cas

t iro

n fr

onte

d bu

ildin

gs in

th

e U

S. O

n th

is fa

scin

atin

g to

ur, y

ou’ll

see

the

olde

st s

tand

-in

g bu

ildin

gs in

dow

ntow

n, w

hile

als

o le

arni

ng a

bout

som

e of

th

e ci

ty’s

earli

est a

rchi

tect

s an

d ho

w c

ast i

ron

play

ed a

cen

-tr

al r

ole

in t

heir

desi

gn. W

e’ll

see

fine

exam

ples

of

hist

oric

pr

eser

vatio

n in

act

ion

and

also

lear

n ab

out s

ome

of th

e lo

st

arch

itect

ural

gem

s th

at o

nce

lined

the

stre

ets

near

the

river

.A

fter

lunc

h (p

rovi

ded)

, we

cont

inue

on

to e

xper

ienc

e th

e w

alle

d tr

anqu

ility

of L

an S

u C

hine

se G

arde

n. L

a Su

Gar

den

is a

pro

duct

of

a si

ster

city

ass

ocia

tion

betw

een

Port

land

an

d th

e hi

stor

ic c

ity o

f Su

zhou

, Chi

na a

nd is

an

exam

ple

of

Chi

nese

gar

den-

build

ing

that

flou

rishe

d in

Suz

hou

durin

g C

hina

’s M

ing

dyna

sty

(1368

-1644

). W

hile

at

the

gard

en w

e’ll

be tr

eate

d to

a p

rivat

e te

a ta

stin

g in

the

trad

ition

al C

hine

se

serv

ing

styl

e. W

e’ll

spen

d th

e ne

xt f

ew h

ours

sur

roun

ded

by th

e se

reni

ty o

f the

Por

tland

Jap

anes

e G

arde

n. A

priv

ate

doce

nt-le

d to

ur o

f th

e St

rolli

ng P

ond

Gar

den

cons

ists

of

Upp

er a

nd L

ower

Pon

ds c

onne

cted

by

a flo

win

g st

ream

and

Sa

nd a

nd S

tone

Gar

dens

, a k

ares

ansu

i gar

den

whi

ch li

ter-

ally

tra

nsla

tes

to “

dry

land

scap

e.”

We’

ll re

turn

to

the

hote

l an

d yo

u w

ill h

ave

dinn

er o

n yo

ur o

wn

with

tim

e to

exp

lore

Po

rtla

nd.

DAY

4: S

atur

day,

Sep

tem

ber

8 W

e be

gin

our

day

at P

ortla

nd’s

Arc

hite

ctur

al H

erita

ge C

en-

PO

RT

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ND

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Refu

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dabl

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to A

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our f

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50%

refu

ndab

le a

fter

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ust 1

and

prio

r to

Aug

ust

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n th

e ev

ent

of w

ithdr

awl f

rom

the

tour

on

or a

fter

Aug

ust

18, u

nles

s su

bstit

ute

part

icip

ant(

s) c

an b

e co

nfirm

ed, n

o pa

rt o

f to

ur

fees

will

be

refu

ndab

le. W

e hi

ghly

rec

omm

end

purc

hasi

ng t

rave

l in-

sura

nce

from

an

agen

t of y

our c

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er p

erso

n)D

oubl

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cupa

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ccup

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sup

plem

ent:

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0

Term

s an

d C

ondi

tions

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r pric

e in

clud

es a

ll ho

tel a

ccom

mod

atio

ns,

mea

ls n

oted

in th

e iti

nera

ry, r

efre

shm

ents

on

the

coac

h, e

ntrie

s to

site

s,

and

all t

rans

port

atio

n to

site

s on

the

itin

erar

y an

d du

ring

the

cour

se o

f th

e to

ur. N

ote

that

ext

ensi

ve w

alki

ng is

requ

ired

at s

ome

site

s. A

lcoh

olic

be

vera

ges

may

be

purc

hase

d se

para

tely

by

tour

par

ticip

ants

if d

esire

d an

d as

ava

ilabl

e. T

our

pric

e in

clud

es a

$25

0 p

er-p

erso

n, t

ax-d

educ

tible

co

ntrib

utio

n to

The

Gam

ble

Hou

se.

Impo

rtan

t Not

e on

Tou

r Res

erva

tions

: Bec

ause

of a

ntic

ipat

ed h

igh

dem

and

for p

lace

s on

this

tour

(25

part

icip

ants

max

imum

), re

serv

atio

ns

will

be

assi

gned

by

lott

ery

and

will

be

mad

e av

aila

ble

first

to

curr

ent,

paid

-up,

mem

bers

of

the

Frie

nds

of T

he G

ambl

e H

ouse

(Fo

GH

) at

the

A

ctiv

e-le

vel

and

abov

e. A

pplic

atio

ns r

ecei

ved

from

Dir

ecto

r’s C

ircl

e m

embe

rs ($

1,00

0 a

nnua

l due

s) a

re e

xem

pt fr

om th

e to

ur lo

tter

y. A

ctiv

e ca

tego

ry i

nclu

des

hour

s-cu

rren

t, A

ctiv

e le

vel

mem

bers

of

the

Doc

ent

Cou

ncil

of T

he G

ambl

e H

ouse

. Doc

ents

who

se h

ours

are

not

cur

rent

m

ust j

oin

the

FoG

H a

t the

Act

ive

leve

l or a

bove

to q

ualif

y fo

r the

initi

al

lott

ery

draw

ing.

(A s

econ

d lo

tter

y dr

awin

g fo

r Ind

ivid

ual-l

evel

mem

bers

w

ill o

ccur

if th

e fir

st lo

tter

y do

es n

ot fi

ll th

e to

ur. S

ee b

elow

.) In

the

even

t el

igib

le a

pplic

atio

ns a

re r

ecei

ved

by th

e de

adlin

e fo

r m

ore

plac

es th

an

ther

e ar

e on

the

tou

r, a

wai

ting

list

will

be

com

pile

d us

ing

the

lott

ery

sequ

ence

for

prio

rity.

Not

e th

at A

ctiv

e le

vel m

embe

rshi

p in

the

FoG

H

incl

udes

two

pers

ons—

the

prim

ary

mem

ber a

nd o

ne g

uest

. Onl

y on

e lo

t-te

ry e

ntry

per

par

ty (m

embe

r and

gue

st) w

ill b

e ac

cept

ed.

• The

tou

r lo

tter

y fo

rm (a

ttac

hed)

with

ref

unda

ble

depo

sit

of $

250

per

pe

rson

(app

licab

le t

o th

e fu

ll to

ur c

ost)

pay

able

to

The

Gam

ble

Hou

se

USC

, mus

t be

rece

ived

by

clos

e of

bus

ines

s at

5:0

0 p

.m. P

ST, S

atur

day,

Ju

ly 14

, 201

8. R

eser

vatio

n fo

rms

and/

or d

epos

its re

ceiv

ed a

fter

that

tim

e ca

nnot

be

incl

uded

in th

e fir

st lo

tter

y dr

awin

g. P

ostm

ark

date

s w

ill n

ot b

e us

ed to

det

erm

ine

lott

ery

elig

ibili

ty. N

o ph

oned

-in o

r em

ail r

eser

vatio

ns

will

be

acce

pted

. Firs

t-rou

nd t

our

appl

ican

ts w

ill b

e no

tified

of t

heir

lot-

tery

resu

lts b

y Ju

ly 18

, 20

18.

• A

pplic

atio

ns a

nd d

epos

its i

nten

ded

for

the

first

-rou

nd l

otte

ry d

raw

-in

g m

ust

incl

ude

the

nam

e of

an

Act

ive-

leve

l (or

abo

ve) m

embe

r of

the

Fo

GH

. App

licat

ions

and

dep

osits

mus

t be

mai

led

or d

eliv

ered

by

the

dead

line

to: P

ortla

nd 2

018

Tou

r, Th

e G

ambl

e H

ouse

, Att

entio

n: S

hery

l Sc

ott,

4 W

estm

orel

and

Plac

e, P

asad

ena,

CA

9110

3. 

• In

the

even

t th

e 25

tour

spa

ces

are

not

fille

d du

ring

the

first

-rou

nd lo

t-te

ry d

raw

ing,

app

licat

ions

and

dep

osits

rece

ived

from

FoG

H In

divi

dual

-le

vel m

embe

rs, a

nd a

pplic

atio

ns r

ecei

ved

afte

r th

e de

adlin

e da

te a

nd

time,

sha

ll be

incl

uded

in a

sec

ond-

roun

d lo

tter

y dr

awin

g to

be

held

on

July

18, 2

018

. All

appl

ican

ts n

ot a

ssig

ned

a sp

ace

on t

he t

our

will

hav

e 10

0%

of t

heir

depo

sit r

efun

ded.

The

bala

nce

of t

our

fees

will

be

due

from

tou

r pa

rtic

ipan

ts b

y A

ugus

t 18

, 20

18.

Med

ical

Con

side

ratio

ns: P

leas

e no

te t

hat

this

tou

r re

quire

s pa

rtic

i-pa

nts

to b

e in

goo

d ph

ysic

al c

ondi

tion:

you

mus

t be

cap

able

, with

out

assi

stan

ce, o

f wal

king

a m

inim

um o

f 1.5

mile

s ov

er u

neve

n te

rrai

n an

d of

cl

imbi

ng s

tairs

that

may

not

hav

e ha

ndra

ils. Y

ou w

ill n

eed

to k

eep

pace

w

ith a

n ac

tive

grou

p of

tra

vele

rs o

n lo

ng d

ays

of t

ourin

g. If

you

hav

e sp

ecifi

c qu

estio

ns a

bout

this

, ple

ase

call

Sher

yl S

cott

at (

213)

70

5-97

72.

ter (

AH

C),

whi

ch h

as p

laye

d an

impo

rtan

t rol

e in

cel

ebra

ting

and

advo

catin

g fo

r th

e ar

chite

ctur

al h

erita

ge t

hrou

ghou

t th

e ci

ty

and

regi

on. A

fter

a b

rief o

verv

iew

of r

egio

nal a

rchi

tect

ure,

we’

ll se

e a

few

gem

s fr

om A

HC

’s ar

tifac

t co

llect

ion.

Lea

ving

AH

C

we’

ll to

ur o

ne o

f the

city

’s m

ost i

coni

c Po

rtla

nd n

eigh

borh

oods

, La

urel

hurs

t. W

ith w

indi

ng s

tree

ts a

nd r

ollin

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lls,

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neig

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ered

a s

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ban-

styl

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com

plet

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ith a

ro

man

tic O

lmst

ed-in

spire

d pa

rk. W

e’ll

see

a va

riety

of

dist

inc-

tive

resi

denc

es in

clud

ing

the

Gre

en-B

itar

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se, d

esig

ned

by

arch

itect

Her

man

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okm

an; t

he n

eigh

borin

g H

. Rus

sell

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ee

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se, d

esig

ned

by A

. E. D

oyle

, and

the

Mar

kham

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se, a

sub

-je

ct o

f re

cent

pre

serv

atio

n eff

orts

. Aft

er l

unch

in L

aure

lhur

st

(pro

vide

d) w

e’ll

visi

t the

sta

ined

gla

ss s

tudi

o of

Dav

id S

chlic

ker.

Dav

id w

ill s

hare

exp

erie

nces

from

his

40

yea

rs o

f gla

ss r

esto

ra-

tion

and

desi

gn a

s w

ell a

s th

e w

ork

of t

he P

ovey

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ther

s St

u-di

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maj

or s

tain

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lass

stu

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in P

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the

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ly t

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id

190

0s.

Our

nex

t st

op w

ill b

e th

e st

udio

of

Bo

Sulli

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ow

ner

and

foun

der

of A

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us P

erio

d D

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d B

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Com

pany

, as

wel

l as

the

form

er s

enio

r des

igne

r and

arc

hite

ctur

al h

isto

rian

at R

ejuv

enat

ion.

We’

ll co

nclu

de t

he e

veni

ng w

ith a

brie

f vis

it to

th

e hi

stor

ic M

cMen

amin

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nned

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hool

(cre

ativ

ely

adap

ted

to a

hot

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efor

e he

adin

g to

din

ner

(pro

vide

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subj

ect t

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over

(le

ft-r

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rtla

nd

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dget

own”

at n

ight

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tlan

d Ja

pane

se G

arde

n. In

terio

r fr

ont

(left

-rig

ht):

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sion

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tlan

d Ja

pane

se G

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ft to

p: T

he D

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tion

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at K

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choo

l. Le

ft b

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m:

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y B

roth

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rose

win

dow

dep

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back

lit a

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ght,

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t Pr

esby

teri

an C

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h, P

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or W

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road

way

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gel

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rint

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rtes

y of

the

Fin

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ram

, Pu

blic

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ldin

gs S

ervi

ce,

U.S

. G

ener

al S

ervi

ces

Adm

inis

trat

ion.

Com

mis

-si

oned

thro

ugh

the

New

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l art

pro

ject

s, p

ublic

dom

ain,

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Tour

lott

ery

form

s, w

ith

refu

ndab

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epos

it o

f $2

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er

pers

on, m

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be r

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at T

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by

clos

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DAY

5: S

unda

y, S

epte

mbe

r 9

We

kick

off

the

day

with

bru

nch

(incl

uded

) at

Rav

en &

Ros

e,

hous

ed in

the

Lad

d C

arria

ge H

ouse

on

the

Nat

iona

l Reg

iste

r of

H

isto

ric P

lace

s. T

he b

uild

er, W

illia

m S

. Lad

d, w

as a

pro

min

ent

real

est

ate

deve

lope

r in

Por

tland

. His

son

, Will

iam

Mea

d La

dd,

com

mis

sion

ed G

reen

e &

Gre

ene

to d

esig

n a

hous

e fo

r hi

m in

O

jai i

n 19

13. N

ext w

e’ll

visi

t the

Por

tland

Art

Mus

eum

for

a gu

id-

ed to

ur o

f the

sec

ond

phas

e of

the

exhi

bitio

n, “I

n th

e B

egin

ning

: M

inor

Whi

te’s

Ore

gon

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ogra

phs,

” fe

atur

ing

dow

ntow

n an

d Fr

ont

Stre

et s

cene

s, p

hoto

grap

hs o

f Eas

tern

Ore

gon

and

mor

e.

Gue

sts

will

hav

e fr

ee t

ime

to e

xplo

re o

n th

eir

own

befo

re g

ath-

erin

g to

be

tran

spor

ted

to th

e lo

catio

n of

our

fare

wel

l din

ner.

DAY

6: M

onda

y, S

epte

mbe

r 10

Trav

el h

ome.