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Canyon Road

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Canyon Road in West Slope (Beaverton, Oregon Historical Photo Gallery) (290)
Canyon Road in West Slope (Beaverton, Oregon Historical Photo Gallery) (290)

Canyon Road (formerly known as Great Plank Road) is a 6.5 mi (10.5 km) major road and partial state highway, which serves as a connector between Beaverton and Portland, Oregon, United States. It was the first major road constructed between the Tualatin Valley and Portland, and has contributed significantly to Portland becoming the area's major deep water port, and subsequent early growth of the city. The total modern length is 6.5 miles (10.5 km), and 2.7 miles (4.3 km) of the route is coterminous with U.S. Route 26. In addition, the segment of the road signed as Oregon Route 8 under the name Canyon Road spans for 3.8 miles (6.1 km). There is an additional, small portion of a driveway in the Oregon Zoo parking lot that is also named Canyon Road; this is a continuation of a local suburban street named Canyon Court.

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Canyon Road
Southwest Canyon Road, Portland West Slope

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N 45.504516 ° E -122.747551 °
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Southwest Canyon Road 6823
97225 Portland, West Slope
Oregon, United States
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Canyon Road in West Slope (Beaverton, Oregon Historical Photo Gallery) (290)
Canyon Road in West Slope (Beaverton, Oregon Historical Photo Gallery) (290)
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E. J. O'Donnell House
E. J. O'Donnell House

The E. J. O'Donnell House in Multnomah County, Oregon, just outside the Portland municipal boundary, was designed in 1938 by architect Richard Sundeleaf for dairyman and cattle breeder Edward J. O'Donnell. It was completed in 1940.The single-story house was designed to be wheelchair-accessible for a child of the O'Donnells'. It has a "multiplicity of steeply-pitched cross gables at the east end and a variegated exterior of brick, lapped weatherboards as gable cladding, and secondary siding of boards and molded battens." It has bays and projections on its faces, and on the northeast has a kitchen/utility wing and on the southwest has a garage/bedroom wing. Its NRHP nomination describes that:The house displays the essential qualities for which Sundeleaf's Arts and Crafts architecture is admired. Porches have heavy post and beam framing. Solid craftsmanship emphasizes interior wood paneling and trim. A square module is used for division of window space, including sidelights for view windows on which such premium is placed in Portland's west hills. Building volumes are stepped down to the landscape through sheltered terraces and projecting window bays. The architect brings forward from earlier projects (see Clarence Francis House) a rear gallery—an updated screens passage which in archetypical manor houses leads to private compartments from the great hall or circulation core. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.