Roy E. and Hildur L. Amundsen House

Built in 1961 (modern architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

From the record

“Amundsen House is a historic house in Gresham, Oregon, United States. Built in 1961 in a mid-century neighborhood, it is a highly intact example of a home designed in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright.”
Wikipedia article Roy E. and Hildur L. Amundsen House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 650 National Register listings published here for Multnomah County · listed in 2019 · category: Building · built in 1961, modern architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Amundsen, Roy E. and Hildur L., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 477 NW. Overlook Ave., Gresham, 97030
When was it listed? July 2019
Category. building
Census division. Gresham
When was it built? 1961
Architectural style. modern architecture
National Register reference number. 100004161 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

14 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Roy E. and Hildur L. Amundsen House between 2002 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Recreation and ceremony	7
Arson/incendiarism	3
Debris and open burning	2
Fireworks	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
2 September 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area	SANDY 2
10 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area	SANDY JUNCTION
21 August 2018	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area	SANDY-ODF MOLALLA ASSIST
20 August 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area	SANDY RIVER
2 August 2007	Power generation/transmission/distribution	13 acres	Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area	DELTA
16 August 2013	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area	SANDY
10 August 2015	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	LEWIS AND CLARK FIRE
28 July 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area	SANDY RIVER

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Roy E. and Hildur L. Amundsen House: 27 past producers, 15 producers, 1 plant. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
(Facility) Troutdale Smelter	Aluminum	Plant
Columbia Brick Works	Clay	Past Producer
Columbia Brick Works	Clay	Producer
Lakeside Stables	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Midvale Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Lakeside Stables	Stone	Past Producer
Midvale Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Multnomah County

Storms near this property

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gresham, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 4 heavy rain, 2 lightning, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 1999	Lightning	Gresham	1 hurt	Lightning struck Richard Parker, 14, of Gresham as he was bicycling near NE 230th Court in Wood Village at 1230 PDT. The lightning struck him in the head and exited through his groin. His companion at the time called 911 from a neighbors house and paramedics arrived in about two minutes. Parkers's heart had stopped, and he suffered a concussion and second degree burns on his face, chest, groin, and upper legs. Parker apparently did not receive the full force of the bolt directly, which spared his life. He was still on his bicycle with his hands on the handlebars when the paramedics arrived. He was revived in the ambulance enroute to the hospital and he is expected to recover.
December 2015	Flood	Gresham	$1,087,000	Heavy rain resulted in Johnson Creek to exceed major flood stage. Water from the river flooded homes, vehicles, and businesses. Several roads were closed due to the high water.
October 2015	Heavy Rain	Gresham	$150,000	Heavy rain combined with clogged drains from leaves resulted in urban flooding. The Portland Fire and Rescue received 32 calls in regards to street flooding, and assisted travelers in 5 cars from their stalled or trapped cars to dry land. Four roads were closed in the area for high water, and several Max lines were cancelled due to flooding under bridges. Thirteen Max trains were damaged by water and will be out of service for up to 2 weeks. One roof collapsed from the weight of rain water after the roof drains had been clogged, and several homes or businesses had flooded basements. A tree had fallen onto and damaged a parked car.
June 2005	Lightning	Gresham	$50,000	no account filed
September 2020	Heavy Rain	Gresham	-	Heavy rainfall reported over 48 hours.
January 2007	Heavy Rain	Gresham	-	A total accumulation of 1.93 inches was reported.
December 2007	Heavy Rain	Gresham	-	Storm total precipitation was 3.70 inches.
August 2004	Flash Flood	Gresham	-	A debris flow was reported by the public at Kerslake Road and Stark Street along the Sandy River.
October 1996	Funnel Cloud	North Gresham	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Multnomah County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Dr. Herbert H. Hughes House	0.3 miles	2001
Gresham Carnegie Library	0.6 miles	2000
Charles and Fae Olson House	0.8 miles	2007
William Gedamke House	1.2 miles	1989
Emanuel and Christina Anderson House	1.6 miles	2005
David and Marianne Ott House	2.2 miles	2015

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100004161 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Multnomah County	All 650 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.