DOUGLAS COUNTY HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORY OREGON INVENTORY OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY FORM HISTORICAL NAME: Alfred W. Reed House DATE OF CONSTRUCTION: 1887-1898 COMMON NAME: Reed-Janelle House ORIGINAL USE: Residence ADDRESS: 401 Front Street PRESENT USE: Bed and Breakfast CITY: Gardiner, OR 97441 ARCHITECT: OWNER: Dixie Hash BUILDER: THEME: Early Seaport Community STYLE: Italianate BLOCK: 22 LOT: 2 QUAD: Reedsport PROPERTY I.D. NO.: R64646 MAP NO.: T21S, R12W, SEC. 22DC, TL 4100 PLAN TYPE/SHAPE: Rectangular NO. OF STORIES: 2 FOUNDATION MATERIAL: Poured concrete BASEMENT (Y/N): N WALL CONSTRUCTION: Aluminum lap siding; T-1-11 siding STRUCTURAL FRAME: Wood ROOF FORM AND MATERIALS: Hipped; composite shingles PRIMARY WINDOW TYPE: 4/4 double hung sash (two story bay) OTHER: Wide eaves, four paneled entry door CONDITION: GOOD_T_ FAIR____ POOR____ MOVED____ DATE____ EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS/ADDITIONS (DATE): Entry door has been replaced. Decorative detail on the west porch and transom removed. The original siding has also been replaced. NOTEWORTHY LANDSCAPE FEATURES: ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES: KNOWN ARCHEOLOGICAL FEATURES: SETTING: Irregular sized east sloping lot. Extended walkway and stairs leading from the street to the front west entry. The house has a view of Gardiner and the Umpqua River. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS IF NECESSARY): “Alfred William Reed was born in 1846 in New Brunswick, Canada. His parents, William and Mary Nicholson Reed brought the family to Gardiner in 1870, from Maine. Alfred Reed married Susan Slocum in 1872. Susan died the following year. In 1880, Alfred married Eva Downing of San Francisco, a former resident of Scottsburg.”(Young) “Reed purchased from J.B. and Eliza Leeds all of the remaining property of the Gibbs Donation Land Claim that was still unsold on May 19, 1887. The Reed home was possibly constructed after this land transaction. Reed was a major land holder on the lower Umpqua and served as representative in the Oregon Legislature during 1891 and Senator in 1896.” (Young) A nephew, Warren Payson Reed, named the town of Reedsport for Alfred Reed at the time Warren platted the town. SOURCES CONSULTED: Cultural and Historic Resources Inventory for Historical and Archaeological Resources for the Oregon Coast. Vol. 4, September 1974. Young, Ella Mae. “Gardiner, Douglas County, Oregon. A historic district surveyed and researched.” Roseburg, OR: Douglas County Museum, 1993. RECORDED BY: Chuck Perino DATE: September 1, 2002 INITIAL INVENTORY: Lauren Lezell DATE: August 8, 1989 40