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DOUGLAS COUNTY HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORYOREGON INVENTORY OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES

HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY FORM

HISTORICAL NAME: A.E. Ozouf House DATE OF CONSTRUCTION: 1870

COMMON NAME: Minnie Fryer House ORIGINAL USE: Residence

ADDRESS: 160 Main Street PRESENT USE: Residence

CITY: Scottsburg, OR 97473 ARCHITECT:

OWNER: Leonard and Verla Black BUILDER: A.E. Ozouf

THEME: Residential STYLE: Classical Revival

BLOCK: LOT: QUAD:

PROPERTY I.D. NO.: R17379 MAP NO.: T22S, R9W, SEC. 18, TL 4000

PLAN TYPE/SHAPE: Rectangular; Side Hallway NO. OF STORIES: 1 1/2

FOUNDATION MATERIAL: BASEMENT (Y/N): N

WALL CONSTRUCTION: Clapboard STRUCTURAL FRAME: Wood

ROOF FORM AND MATERIALS: Gable with wide frieze boards on the gable ends and under the eaves.

PRIMARY WINDOW TYPE: 6/6 double hung sash with simple surrounds

OTHER: The house has its original hardware; the doorknobs are porcelain.

CONDITION: GOOD_T_ FAIR____ POOR____ MOVED____ DATE____

EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS/ADDITIONS (DATE): The projecting bay of windows on the north elevation have been removed and replacedwith newer windows.

NOTEWORTHY LANDSCAPE FEATURES:

ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES:

KNOWN ARCHEOLOGICAL FEATURES:

SETTING: About one block south of Highway 38 bordered by the Umpqua River. This area is surrounded by mountains with largedouglas fir, maple, and oak trees.

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS IF NECESSARY): The builder of this house was August E. Ozouf, apioneer tanner and teacher in Scottsburg. French by birth, Ozouf, who married a women named Isabelle Wade, had an adopted daughternamed Hazel. In about 1900, Ozouf moved his tannery to Gardiner.

This house was long the residence of Roscoe and Minnie Fryer. Roscoe Fryer, a logger, also operated a garage in Scottsburg. As ayoung man he worked in the Hedden Store.

John Fryer, another owner of the house and his brother Henry are great grandsons of Cyrus Hedden and great great grandsons of JohnJacob Sawyers, early settlers in the Umpqua River Valley.

SOURCES CONSULTED: Beckham, Stephen Dow. “Land of the Umpqua: A History of Douglas County, Oregon.” Roseburg, OR:Douglas County Commissioners, 1986.

Fryer, Henry & Patti. Personal interview. 8 April 1976.

Lower Umpqua Historical Society, Reedsport, Oregon. “Pictorial History of the Lower Umpqua.” Reedsport, OR: Book Committee, LowerUmpqua Historical Society, 1976.

RECORDED BY: Chuck Perino DATE: September 1, 2002

INITIAL INVENTORY: Stephen Dow Beckham DATE: April 8, 1976 79

DOUGLAS COUNTY HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORYOREGON INVENTORY OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES

HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY FORM - TWO

NAME: A.E. Ozouf House MAP NO.: T22S, R9W, SEC. 18, TL 4000

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