Daniel Knight Warren House, Warrenton, Oregon, NRHP-listed
The Daniel Knight Warren House is a two-story wooden building in Warrenton, Oregon, completed in 1885. Its design mixes Queen Anne massing with tall polygonal bay windows, porches wrapping the facade, Italianate brackets under the eaves and Stick Style horizontal panels. The layered silhouette is what a visitor sees from the public road below the hilltop.
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 stands on a hilltop facing east, looking across Young's Bay toward Astoria and the mouth of the Columbia River. It is private residential property with no public entry; the exterior can be seen from the public roads below.
Daniel Knight Warren, born in Bath, New York, on March 12, 1836, settled in Warrenton and built the house in 1885. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house stands on a hilltop facing east, looking across Young's Bay toward Astoria and the mouth of the Columbia River.
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