The Henry Ladd and Gretchen Hoyt Corbett House is a Colonial Revival-style house in Dunthorpe, Oregon, an unincorporated suburb of Portland. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
H. L. and Gretchen Hoyt Corbett House | |
 The house in September 2013 | |
| Location | 01405 SW Corbett Hill Circle Portland, Oregon |
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| Coordinates | 45°26′19″N 122°39′50″W / 45.43861°N 122.66389°W |
| Built | 1916 |
| Architect | Whitehouse & Fouilhoux |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 91000129 |
| Added to NRHP | February 28, 1991 |
The property on which the house sits was part of an 1850 640-acre land claim by William S. and Mary Jane Torrance. A 19-acre portion of the property, located in Dunthorpe which was then known as Rivera, was acquired in 1904 by Henry Ladd Corbett, a prominent politician and businessman who twice served as President of the Oregon State Senate.[1]
The house was built in 1915 and 1916 by Corbett, who had married Gretchen Hoyt in 1908. It was a large two-story home with 7,000 square feet (650 m2) of interior space. In addition to the family living areas, there was a two-story servants' wing connected to the main house.[1]
Henry Corbett continued to reside in the house until he died in 1957, and Gretchen until she died in 1978. The property was divided into several lots, including a 1.6-acre lot around the house, which was listed on the NRHP in 1991. Houses have since been built on most of the other lots.[1]
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- ^ a b c "Corbett, H. L. and Gretchen Hoyt, House", National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, Portland, Oregon, 15 July 1990.
