Forest Grove
The Clark, Painters Woods and Walker-Naylor districts, with homes from the 1850s.
- The districts Washington County's only designated Nationally Recognized Historic Districts, with homes dating back to the 1850's.
- Open to visitors Old College Hall, open the first Wednesday of each month and during the Corn Roast, with the museum on its second floor.
Old College Hall, built in 1850 and listed on the National Historic Register in 1974. The Pacific University Museum is on its second floor.
The districts
Second Empire to Bungalow in one district, Victorian to Ranch in the next.
The Clark District was created in 2002 and sits south of downtown, bounded by 19th and 16th Avenues north and south and A and Elm Streets west and east. It is roughly rectangular with irregular borders and was originally platted into one-acre lots. It is residential, with a scattering of churches, and runs a spectrum of architectural styles from Second Empire to Bungalow. It is named for the Reverend Harvey Clark, who donated much of the land under it to the Tualatin Academy as an endowment.
Site by site
Where each site is, and what it dates from.
- Historic Downtown Centered at the intersection of Pacific Avenue and Main Street.
- Painters Woods District Pick up a walking tour brochure at the Visitor Center, 2417 Pacific Avenue, Forest Grove.
- Clark District 19th and 16th Avenues on the north and south, A and Elm Streets on the west and east, south of downtown.
- Walking Tours Painters Woods and Clark Districts, downtown, and nearby neighborhoods.
- Pacific University The original campus adjoins Historic Downtown.
- Old College Hall Pacific University campus. Built 1850.
- Pacific University Museum Second floor of Old College Hall.
- David Hill Winery A historic farmhouse with the tasting room inside it.
Practical
The Visitor Center is the chamber office on Pacific Avenue, and walking in works.
Giant sequoias grown from 1849 cones stand at 1651 Hawthorne and at B Street and Pacific Avenue.
The oldest of it
