George Palmer and Dorothy Binney Putnam House, National Register historic house in Bend, Oregon.
The George Palmer and Dorothy Binney Putnam House is a residential building designed in the American Craftsman style located on NW Congress Street with notable wooden architectural details throughout. The structure exemplifies the skilled handcrafted approach typical of early 1900s residential design in this region.
The house was built in 1911–1912 at a cost of $4,000, then the third most expensive home constructed in Bend. Newspaper publisher George P. Putnam and his bride Dorothy Binney Putnam, heiress to the Crayola fortune, bought it after their 1912 honeymoon and named the estate "Pinelyn." They lived there until 1914 and sold it in 1919; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 1998.
The Putnams named the estate "Pinelyn" after their 1912 honeymoon, when publisher George P. Putnam and Dorothy Binney Putnam, heiress to the Crayola fortune, bought the house. They lived there until 1914 and sold it in 1919; after their 1929 divorce, George married aviator Amelia Earhart.
The house stands on NW Congress Street in Bend, a 1+1⁄2-story Craftsman residence whose original exterior fabric is largely intact, so the street side is the place to look for its wooden detailing. It is a private home, not a museum, so view it from the public sidewalk.
The Putnams named the estate "Pinelyn" after their 1912 honeymoon, and at $4,000 it was the third most expensive house built in Bend in 1911–1912. George Putnam later married aviator Amelia Earhart in 1931, after his 1929 divorce from Dorothy Binney, heiress to the Crayola fortune.
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