Oregon City - Stevens-Crawford Heritage House

The Stevens-Crawford House is one of the historic houses in Oregon City, and a landmark on Oregon's Mt. Hood Territory Heritage Trail.

The American Foursquare Home was built in 1908, making it the youngest of the historical homes in Oregon City (the others dating from 1843 - 1860 or so).

Therefore the Stevens family themselves had the use of electricity and running water. 

So while many Oregon City tours will focus on pioneer days, the Stevens-Crawford House shows you life during the Progressive Era (1901-1929).

The tour is mostly self-guided, though the staff we spoke to there answered questions before and after and were very helpful.

There were many fun artifacts on display, and we found our progress from room to room interesting.

It is a tour where you are encouraged to touch things, so you can type on the typewriter or play the piano. 

(If something should not be opened or used, there is signage.) 

Because both the house and the Museum of the Oregon Territory are both part of the Clackamas County Historical Society, tickets for the house tour can also gain you admittance to the museum, within 30 days of the original admission. That was also a very interesting tour.

In addition, the Stevens-Crawford house is right next to the Ermatinger house.

While they are under separate oranizations, they are collaborating on this years Friday Night Frights, combining spooky tours of both houses with a trip to a local speakeasy.

https://www.orcity.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=904 

We were glad that we finally made it there.

COVID: This is indoors. Ventilation felt a little better than expected, but it still makes sense to mask.

Accessibility: While this is not surprising for an older house, it is not accessible for those with mobility difficulties. There are two staircases inside the house and even access to the first floor requires going up a set of steps.

http://clackamashistory.org/schh