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One of 51 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2013 · category: District · built in 1965, mid-century modern.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Oak Hills Historic District
Built in 1965 (mid-century modern). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bounded by NW. West Union & Cornell Rds., NW 143rd Ave., Bethany Blvd., Beaverton, 97006
- When was it listed? July 2013
- Category. district
- Census division. Beaverton-Hillsboro
- When was it built? 1965
- Architectural style. mid-century modern
- National Register reference number. 13000482 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hills Historic District between 2007 and 2015, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ROCK CREEK BRUSH FIRE |
| 15 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | CORN PASS VAN FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Oak Hills Historic District: 11 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plylock Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plylock Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Portland Tunnel | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Portland Tunnel | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| City of Portland | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| City of Portland Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Grabhorn Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Grabhorn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hoyt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hoyt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaverton, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2021: 4 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Beaverton | $140,000 | Heavy rain from convective showers resulted in significant flooding near Beaverton. Flooding was reported of four homes, four apartments, several garages, the Winterhawks Skating Center, and a community pool. The city Public Works Director reported 2.3 inches of rain per hour, a personal weather station reported 2.29 inches of rain over 2 hours, and the National Weather Service Doppler radar estimated 1.7 inches per hour. A car stalled in a flooded high water in an underpass near the US 26-US 217 interchange. The cost damage is an estimate based on reports from the General Manager of the Skating Center and previous history of similar residential damage. |
| October 2015 | Heavy Rain | Beaverton | $50,000 | Heavy rain combined with clogged drains resulted in small stream and urban flooding. There were 16 instances where water or agricultural debris needed to be cleared from roadways. At least two residential basements were flooded in Beaverton. A large basement of an office building was flooded in Hillsboro. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Beaverton | $1,000 | Hail was reported in Beaverton near Cooper Mountain. |
| January 2021 | Flood | Beaverton | - | Road closure at SW 149th Ave. and SW Division St. near South Johnson Creek in Beaverton. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Beaverton | - | Thunderstorms produced very heavy rain in Beaverton in a short period of time. A spotter reported over one-half inch of rain in 30 minutes. The Washington County Sheriff Office reported Urban Flooding on several streets as well as Highway 217, which was shut down for a short time. |
| June 2010 | Heavy Rain | Beaverton | - | An observer reported 1.68 inches of precipitation over the area during a 12 hour period. |
| April 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Beaverton | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | John Quincy Adams and Elizabeth Young House | 1.8 miles | 2008 |
 | Aloha Farmhouse | 2.9 miles | 2014 |
 | Imbrie Farm | 3.3 miles | 1977 |
 | M. E. Blanton House | 3.5 miles | 1989 |
 | Malcolm McDonald House | 3.5 miles | 2015 |
 | Beaverton Downtown Historic District | 3.9 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 13000482 in Record Group 79. |
| Washington County | All 51 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.