Daniel Knight Warren House, Warrenton, Oregon, NRHP-listed
The Daniel Knight Warren House is a wooden Victorian-style building in Warrenton, Oregon, completed in 1885 with Queen Anne architectural elements. The two-story structure features tall polygonal bay windows, wrapped porches with detailed woodwork, Italianate brackets, and Stick Style horizontal panels, creating a layered appearance typical of the era.
Built in 1885 by Daniel Knight Warren, a New York businessman who drained marshland and built dikes along the Skipanon River, the house represents the pioneer era of the region. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 after restoration by later owners preserved its original character.
The house carries the name of Daniel Knight Warren, a businessman from New York who settled in the region and shaped local development. His legacy remains visible in how people in Warrenton understand their community's roots and early growth.
The house sits on a hilltop facing east with views across Young's Bay toward Astoria and the Columbia River entrance. Visitors can view the exterior from public roads, but access to the property is limited as it remains private residential land.
The house once served as a navigation aid for ships, with a lamp kept burning in the front window to guide boat captains sailing safely to Warrenton at night. Warren employed about twenty Chinese workers to construct both the house and the dikes that protected his extensive estate from tidal waters.
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