Levi Hexter House

	Levi Hexter House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	Portland Historic Landmark
Location	2326 SW Park Place; Portland, Oregon
Coordinates	45°31′16″N 122°41′56″W / 45.521096°N 122.698844°W
Built	1892–1893
Architectural style	Queen Anne
Part of	King's Hill Historic District (ID91000039)
NRHP reference No.	80003367
Added to NRHP	February 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]

References

^ ^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.
^ Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved November 7, 2013.
^ "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. October 19, 2009. p. 34. Retrieved June 8, 2011.

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Pictures of the Levi Hexter Home circa 1967 from the University of Oregon Libraries

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[Nom-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.

[OPRD_list-3] "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. October 19, 2009. p. 34. Retrieved June 8, 2011.

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