We had a beautiful sunny day last week and we wanted to get out to enjoy and explore. While I'm am not an architect or trained in architecture at all, I do enjoy looking at the variety of designs of the homes that have been built in Bend over the years. So follow along as I share some photos of the homes we encountered on our walk.
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As we parked the car near Drake Park I took a quick walk across the park to grab a shot of this Deschutes River water front home. This appears to be one of the smaller older homes that overlooks an area of the river known as Mirror Pond. As you move to the right (closer to town) the homes become much larger and newer. On this day I was trying to stick to photographing some of the older architecture.
Next up a look at some older homes on the Heritage Walk.
A.M. Lara House
This old beauty that was built by one of Bend's prominent merchants in 1910 is now a Bed & Breakfast. Before we moved to this area almost four years ago, we spent a night here as our base camp as we looked for a place to live.
Unfortunately the B&B is closed now. Probably a casualty of Covid. We stayed in the attic room (two of the windows can be seen in this shot). It had some strange angles but was surprisingly roomy. I don't have any pictures of the inside but it was quite stunning. Here is a link to a site with more photographs of the interior and exterior.
Shevlin-Hixon Executive House
This house was built by the Shevlin-Hixon Company for use by middle managers. My thinking is it was somewhat of a boarding house for several middle managers of the mill.
Like most of these homes this one has a lot of windows. Probably to let in prevalent sunshine that we have here in Central Oregon. :)
McCann House
According to the plaque below.
Thomas McCann was the first manager of the Shevlin-Hixon company in Bend. McCann hired Portland architect David C. Lewis to design his "Mansion".
This house was designed with some "modern" day amenities. Servant quarters, a nursery, and a pulley system to move firewood from the basement to the living spaces above. It even had a central vacuum system which I found surprising. Didn't know that was a thing back then. :)
Carl & Dora Johnson House
Sitting next to the McCann house I was unable to find out much about this place. It is a smaller place but once again did not seem to skimp on the windows. :)
To finish up here are a few random houses that caught my eye.
I thought the upturned roof ends on this house were kind of unique. I'd be curious if anyone reading this knows if this style has a name.
A couple stucco type homes. The second one gives me kind of a Spanish vibe but again I am no expert.
I have always liked porches with large supporting beams. Especially when they have some dimensional variety to them.
And finally a nice little bungalow with... you guessed it a lot of windows. :)
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