Built in 1912 (American Craftsman). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
“Malcolm McDonald House is a dwelling located in the Orenco Woods Nature Park, in Hillsboro, Oregon. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in June 2015.”
Wikipedia article Malcolm McDonald House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 51 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2015 · category: Building · built in 1912, American Craftsman.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Malcolm McDonald House: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Platinum, PGE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro | Platinum | Occurrence | Stream Placer | |
| Hillsboro Platinum Occurrence | PGE | Occurrence | ||
| Aloha Quarry Quality Rock Plant #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Farmington Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Farmington Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Creek | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillsboro, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Hillsboro | - | The NWS received several reports of a funnel cloud near Hillsboro in the afternoon, including one report from a county official. |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Hillsboro | - | The last evening of convection in a very active three day period produced two strong cells that brought widespread lightning to the Portland and Hillsboro areas. More than 100 transformers were knocked out, causing power outages to 15000 Portland General Electric customers. The Westside MAX Light Rail line was out of service from 7 PM to 830 PM. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Hillsboro | - | A small airplane pilot near Hillsboro reported brief quarter sized (one inch) hail at a little after 4 PM PST. The report was confirmed by a call to McMinnville Flight Service Station. |
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.
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Harold Wass Ray House | 0.9 miles | 1994 |
 | Imbrie Farm | 1.5 miles | 1977 |
 | Aloha Farmhouse | 1.6 miles | 2014 |
 | Shute-Meierjurgen Farmstead | 2.5 miles | 2018 |
 | Andrew Jackson and Sarah Jane Masters House | 2.8 miles | 2015 |
 | West Union Baptist Church | 3.2 miles | 1974 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14001160 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Washington County | All 51 listed properties in this county. |
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