Pittock Mansion

The Pittock Mansion sits on a wooded hill 1,000 feet above sea level in the West Hills, about 4 km from downtown Portland, with some of the best views of the city and on clear days a panorama of Mounts Hood, St Helens, Adams, and Rainier. The 1914 French Renaissance house has been preserved and restored to its early 20th-century appearance, with original furniture, decorative arts, and period rooms open to visitors.

The surrounding grounds are a city park — free to enter and excellent for a walk, particularly in spring when the rhododendrons bloom. The house itself requires a modest admission fee. Parking is limited; the mansion is accessible by city bus (line 20) or a moderately steep 45-minute walk from NW 23rd Avenue through the Wildwood Trail.

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Henry Pittock built the mansion in 1914 as a showcase of everything Portland could produce: the stone came from a local quarry, the bricks were made in Portland, and the woodwork was Oregon timber. Pittock had arrived in Oregon at 18 in 1853 with no money, worked his way up to owning the Oregonian newspaper, and by the time the house was built was one of the wealthiest men in the state. He lived there for only five years before dying in 1919.

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