George H. Williams Townhouses, Late Victorian townhouses in Northwest District, Portland, United States.
George H. Williams Townhouses is a three-unit row of townhouses in Northwest Portland, Oregon, known as "The Lawn" apartments. The structure stands at the corner of NW 18th Avenue and Davis Street, within the block bounded by NW 18th and 19th Avenues and NW Couch and Davis Streets. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
George Henry Williams, a former U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Senator from Oregon, Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice and later mayor of Portland, built the three-unit townhouse as a business investment and never lived there. The structure was moved in 1922 from the southeast corner of NW 19th and Davis to the corner of NW 18th and Davis, within the same block.
The building is commonly called "The Lawn" apartments, a name visitors still see used for the three-unit block. George Henry Williams built it as a rental investment and never lived there himself, so the townhouses were income property from the start rather than a family home.
The property sits at the intersection of NW 18th and Davis Street in a walkable neighborhood setting. You can reach it easily on foot and find local services and shops within the surrounding area.
The building never left its block: it stood at the southeast corner of NW 19th and Davis until 1922, when it was shifted east to the NW 18th and Davis corner. George H. Williams built it as a rental investment and never lived there himself.
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