Hidden Brilliance: The Residential Architecture of Joseph Jacobberger

AHC historians and researchers Jim Heuer and Robert Mercer present the residential work of a truly brilliant architect from Portland’s “Golden Age.” Over many years, the pair has dug into long forgotten files of architectural drawings at the University of Oregon and tracked down over 260 Joseph Jacobberger-designed homes in Portland and surrounding towns -- over 130 of which still survive. Their findings reveal the amazing virtuosity of an architect previously known mostly for his religious architecture like St. Mary's Cathedral. 

Jim and Robert have updated their research, including some houses never before known to be Jacobberger designs.  You'll learn that Jacobberger was extraordinarily talented and able to design homes in a broad array of styles from Colonial to Craftsman, English Cottage to Jacobean. His skills turned standard styles into architectural sculpture, blending form with function, with his later designs foretelling the "Northwest Style" later practiced by Pietro Belluschi and others.

This lecture program is held at the Architectural Heritage Center - 701 SE Grand Avenue