Jake and Gertrude Metzger Home, 1912
1912
Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Sepia toned photograph of home of Jacob and Gertrude Metzger, as identified by handwritten note on the back of the photo's black, curved cardboard backing. Two individuals, identified on the back of the photo as "Gertie" (Gertrude) Metzger on the left and her daughter Mabel Metzger on the right, stand at the bottom of the stairs in the front of the home. Foreground is a large grassy yard, flanked by several trees. The photo is attached to black backing which has extensive writing in pencil and appears to be a letter to someone named "Ray." The pencil script is faded and difficult to read. The back of the black backing has staining.
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- Description
- Sepia toned photograph of home of Jacob and Gertrude Metzger, as identified by handwritten note on the back of the photo's black, curved cardboard backing. Two individuals, identified on the back of the photo as "Gertie" (Gertrude) Metzger on the left and her daughter Mabel Metzger on the right, stand at the bottom of the stairs in the front of the home. Foreground is a large grassy yard, flanked by several trees. The photo is attached to black backing which has extensive writing in pencil and appears to be a letter to someone named "Ray." The pencil script is faded and difficult to read. The back of the black backing has staining.
- Provenance
- Jacob "Jake" Metzger and Mary Gertrude Shattuck Metzger were both members of early Gresham families, the Metzgers and Shattucks. They married in 1891, and Jake built the house in the photo between 1907 and 1911 at 225 W Powell Boulevard. In 1982 the house was purchased from the Metzger's grandaughter Virginia Christensen and converted into a restaurant, Truffle Hunter, which closed in July 2019. The house itself was on the state historic registry at one point, but was removed in the 1990s. It was demolished in March 2023.
- Date
- 1912
- Subject
- Houses
- Housing
- Women
- Architecture
- Historic buildings
- Restaurants
- Location
- Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Identifier
- ghs0159
- Contributor
- Gresham Historical Society
- Extent
- Print, Photographic
- Type
- StillImage
- Item sets
- Gresham Heritage
