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Location: Historical Tour > Dawson Creek > Kuratli House
Kuratli House
175 NE Seventh Avenue | |
This well-preserved one and one-half story Bungalow was built in 1916 by Emil I. Kuratli. The house previously occupying the site was moved to an adjacent lot prior to this home's construction. Design features include a bell-cast hipped roof and deep eaves with boxed cornice. The eaves of both the main roof and the dormers sport decorative brackets. The wave-shaped finials on the roof peaks are an uncommon decorative element for the Bungalow style and may have been an allusion to the original owner's Swiss heritage. A champion sequoia tree grows in the front yard.
Emil Kuratli was born to Swiss parents in New York City in 1866. He was raised in Phillips, a German and Swiss agricultural community in Washington County, but gave up farming at age 35. Kuratli then moved to Hillsboro, established a loan and insurance business and eventually became a prominent figure in the community. He became director and president of the Hillsboro National Bank and also served as deputy assessor. Additionally, he was the county recorder for four years and served two terms on the city council. Kuratli was also in charge of the Liberty Bond campaign during World War I. He married Tillie Grossen.
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Research source(s): City of Hillsboro, Oregon. “Hillsboro Cultural Resource Inventory.” Hillsboro, Oregon: October 1985.
Photo date: June 2003
Photo credit: P.M. Heimerl (www.pmheimerl.com) |
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