Patrick F. McManus House, Classical Revival house in Phoenix, Oregon

The Patrick F. McManus House is a residential structure built in the Classical Revival style, located at the corner of 1st and Church Streets and displaying features from the mid-1800s. The building preserves typical proportions and details of this style period, documenting the residential architecture of the pioneer era.

Patrick F. McManus built the house between 1853 and 1855 on the corner of a donation land claim belonging to Samuel Colver. McManus had reached Crater Lake in 1853 with the Hillman group of prospectors. Around 1857 he sold the house back to the Colver family for the widow and children of Samuel's brother Hiram, then left for the Yreka gold strike.

The house is also known as the Hiram Colver House: McManus sold it around 1857 to the Colver family for the widow and children of Samuel Colver's brother Hiram. The name on the building therefore records two households of early Phoenix, the prospector who built it and the family that took it over.

The house sits at an easy-to-find street corner in downtown Phoenix and is visible from the street. Visitors should walk the area and explore at quieter times of day to better appreciate the architecture.

The house was documented through the Historic American Buildings Survey, a project that recorded many endangered buildings during the Great Depression. These records today provide valuable insights into the building's exact original form.