Tag: oregon
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Stones of Witch’s Castle
The Stone House in Portland’s Forest Park is also known as the Witch’s Castle and the basalt stone work was sourced from Rocky Butte. If you have been to the Witch’s Castle, you know its a kind of oddity of the city, a place to bring out of town visitors to experience the lush forest…
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“A light blanket of snow” takes down an Armory
The Hill Military Academy at Rocky Butte built a new Armory in 1931. It was built by The Austin Company, who also constructed other Portland buildings such as The Lane–Miles Standish Printing Plant (1526 NW 17th Ave) and the Sixth Church of Christ (935 SW Columbia). The Armory was a very large space covered by…
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Hill’s Harmony Hill
In 1924 Colonel Hill of the military academy wanted a new name for Rocky Butte, where the new school was soon to be located. The Oregonian printed an article saying “…he wants it with meaning, neat and not gaudy. “Hill’s Hill” would be full of euphony until some careless one forgot the dots and wrote…
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Hiking with the Physical Cultural Union Club
The Mazamas, Camera Clubs, Auduboners, Geography students, Physical Culturists and the Hi-Ki-Ki club all hiked Rocky Butte over hundred years ago. And even before that, the Chinook Speaking-band of the Cascade/Watlala people hiked and hunted deer around the Butte. Back then, it looked very different and the landscape was mostly undeveloped. Nowadays, even though the…
Rocky Butte Preservation Society 