Historic Hood River
George Lawrence Home
10-4-2017
Notes
This is the living room of the George Lawrence house at Belmont and Avalon. I could imagine seeing that armchair and lamp on “Antiques Roadshow.”
We saw the exterior of this house in this image.
Charlott
I can tell you about when this house was built. It was no doubt built about 1919 or so. Reason I say this is the house I grew up in had the same wanes coating with the plate rails. The cell like ceiling is almost the same.
Yes a cold Hood River, snowy winters night, with a book and hot chocolate in front of that roaring fire would be most delightful, don’t you think?
What I love in the photo is the lamp. I doubt if it is, but it certainly looks like one of those lovely old Tiffany’s that people today treasure so.
nels
Any ideas on what that dark thing is on the mantle and leaning against the clock?
Arthur
Good question nels. From a distance it looks like a seal pinata, but looking at the high-res image it’s just a branch from a pine tree. This house eventually burned down, and you may have just identified the culprit.
Melody Shellman
Note the swastika on the rug. Before the Nazis co-opted it, it was a symbol of good fortune.
nels
Two desks, a his and hers? From a time when writing letters and keeping in touch was important and took more time. And a SE Asian bamboo chair. That must have been high fashion to have such an item from a far away place.
Arthur
George Lawrence was very wealthy. He owned a major saddlery in Portland and this vacation home in Hood River. I am sure these furnishings were among the finest in Hood River at the time.
Nancy Trotic
My great-grandmother, Ida May (Lewis) Lafferty, took pictures of her living rooms in Hood River (W. Sherman Ave) and Mount Hood. I still have the Tiffany-style lamp and the large framed picture on the wall.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s29wdqepuh4fqf8/IML%2030-4%20Laffertys%27%20living%20room%20with%20piano%20in%20Hood%20River.jpg?dl=0
Nancy Trotic
Here’s another neat picture.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nancymasha/8370301897/in/album-72157632494081952/