The History of the Recreation Residences on Mt. Hood National Forest Mt. Hood National ForestBy Leanne Veldhuis, Special Uses Program Manager, ZZRD Mt. Hood National Forest

 Introduction I.Early Recreation Planning on Mt. Hood II.Development of Summer Home Tracts III.Architectural Characteristics of Summer Homes IV.Historic Significance & Future Preservation

 Early Recreation Planning on Mt. Hood

  “ Stores, hotels and residences for recreation” belonged on the national forests because they contributed to “getting the fullest use out of the land and its resources.”

 Early Recreation Planning on Mt. Hood: Come Play in the Forest  FS encouraged the development of summer homes and resorts  1915 Term Occupancy Act (same year Barlow Road Toll ended).  1915 FS dedicated the Columbia Gorge Park division purely for recreation use only.  1916 First Developed Campground: Eagle Creek Campground  1917 FS hires first landscape architect to prepare a national study of recreation uses of National Forests

 Early Recreation Planning on Mt. Hood: South Slope of Mt. Hood Recreation Plan

 Early Recreation Planning on Mt. Hood : Mount Hood Loop Highway

 Early Recreation Planning on Mt. Hood : Fred Cleator 

 Development of the Summer Home Tracts on Mt. Hood There is a total of 10 summer home tracts on Zigzag Ranger District:  Mile Bridge  Tollgate  Still Creek  Camp Creek  Old Oregon Trail  Cool Creek  Flag Mountain  Vine Maple  Zigzag Ski Club  Zigzag Tract Total of 551 active cabin permits.

 Development of the Summer Home Tracts on Mt. Hood

 Development of the Summer Home Tracts on Mt. Hood Mile Bridge

 Development of the Summer Home Tracts on Mt. Hood Tollgate

 Development of the Summer Home Tracts on Mt. Hood “of a generally accepted rustic style and attractive in appearance.”

 Development of the Summer Home Tracts on Mt. Hood Still Creek

 Development of the Summer Home Tracts on Mt. Hood Old Oregon Trail

 Development of the Summer Home Tracts on Mt. Hood Vine Maple

 Architectural Characteristics of Summer Homes  Classified as Rustic, Vernacular, or Craftsman in design.  Minimal decorative elements are usually confined to porches, window trim and eave boards.

 Architectural Characteristics of Summer Homes  Natural or native materials, especially stone and timber  Varied exterior treatment, contrasting siding on gable ends, etc.

 Architectural Characteristics of Summer Homes  Main entry covered  Trim elements such as brackets and posts.  Gable, hip and shed roof shapes  Dormers complimenting or contrasting to roof shape  Multi-paned windows  Masonry chimneys  Shutters on windows

 Historic Significance & Future Preservation  Criteria A: Properties that are associated with a pattern of events and a historic trend that have made a significant contribution to the development of an area.  Several tracts on Mt. Hood National Forest are significant for its association with the development of the Mount Hood National Forest’s and the Mount Hood Loop Highway’s recreation plans, which were created in the early part of the twentieth century during a specific era of national and regional interest in nature and outdoor recreation and early automobile culture.

 Historic Significance & Future Preservation  Criteria C: Properties that embody distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction.

 Historic Significance & Future Preservation  New guidance on historic preservation methods.  Continue to develop relationships with cabin owners based on a shared common purpose: cabin preservation.  Continue to educate new and existing cabin owners on historic cabins and design guidelines.

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