Levi Hexter House
Historic building in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
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The Levi Hexter House is a historic house located in southwest Portland, Oregon, United States that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3] It is located within the King's Hill Historic District.
Portland, Oregon
Levi Hexter House | |
Portland Historic Landmark[1] | |
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| Location | 2326 SW Park Place Portland, Oregon |
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| Coordinates | 45°31′16″N 122°41′56″W |
| Built | 1892–1893[2] |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| Part of | King's Hill Historic District (ID91000039) |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003367[2] |
| Added to NRHP | February 12, 1980 |
The house was built in 1892–1893 by Levi Hexter (1836–1897), a prominent Jewish businessman who founded the Hexter, May & Co. hardware store with Levi May.[2] May helped found the Temple Beth Israel synagogue.[2] Levi and Laura (née May) Hexter had two sons and three daughters who lived in the house (one son had died previous to the house's construction).[2] After Laura Hexter's death in 1917, the house became a boarding house; and there are also unverified claims that the house was the site of bootlegging during Prohibition of the 1920s.[2] Starting in the 1960s, it went through a complete restoration[citation needed] by owner Robert Perron, a prominent Portland landscape architect responsible for the landscape designs of Terry Schrunk Plaza, the Portland Art Museum and Keller Auditorium.[2]
