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Levi Hexter House

Coordinates: 45°31′16″N 122°41′56″W / 45.521096°N 122.698844°W / 45.521096; -122.698844
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Levi Hexter House
Portland Historic Landmark[2]
Levi Hexter House is located in Portland, Oregon
Levi Hexter House
Location2326 SW Park Place
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates45°31′16″N 122°41′56″W / 45.521096°N 122.698844°W / 45.521096; -122.698844
Built1892–1893[1]
Architectural styleQueen Anne
Part ofKing's Hill Historic District (ID91000039)
NRHP reference No.80003367[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 12, 1980

The Levi Hexter House is a historic house located in southwest Portland, Oregon, United States that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3] It is located within the King's Hill Historic District.

The house was built in 1892–1893 by Levi Hexter (1836–1897), a prominent Jewish businessman who founded the Hexter, May & Co. hardware store with Levi May.[1] May helped found the Temple Beth Israel synagogue.[1] Levi and Laura (née May) Hexter had two sons and three daughters who lived in the house (one son had died previous to the house's construction).[1] After Laura Hexter's death in 1917, the house became a boarding house; and there are also unverified claims that the house was the site of bootlegging during Prohibition of the 1920s.[1] Starting in the 1960s, it went through a complete restoration[citation needed] by owner Robert Perron, a prominent Portland landscape architect responsible for the landscape designs of Terry Schrunk Plaza, the Portland Art Museum and Keller Auditorium.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Hexter, Levi, House". National Park Service. February 12, 1980. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  2. ^ Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved November 7, 2013.
  3. ^ "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. October 19, 2009. p. 34. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
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