'Gilded Age' Portland garden joins National Register of Historic Places

Published on: 09/17/2026

This news was posted by Oregon Today News

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A water feature at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. White camellia in bloom at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. Spring is at its peak at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. A kiss of sun settles on the clover at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. A close up of the stigma is revealed inside the petals of a blooming rhododendron at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. A moss-covered water feature greets passersby near the entrance to the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. Morning scenes at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. Sunlight settles on a patch of epimedium at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. Corylopsis willmottiae in bloom at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. Delicate flowers bloom against the backdrop of a Douglas Fir tree at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. Magnolia is lit by morning sun at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. Morning scenes at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. A patch of euphorbia line a path at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. Trees are reflected in a small pond seen along one of several paths at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. Camellia blossoms linger at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. A close up of rhododendron in bloom at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. Morning scenes at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. Unfurling ferns at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023. A close up of a camellia blossom at the Elk Rock Garden in Portland, April 27, 2023.

The 9-acre Elk Rock Garden in the Dunthorpe enclave south of Portland has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2026/09/portlands-gilded-age-garden-estate-listed-in-national-register-of-historic-places.html

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