The Charles and Anna Drain House, 500 South Main Street, Drain

Drain, Oregon

Drain is a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,021 at the 2000 census. The 2007 estimate is 1,075 residents. Drain is named after town founder and politician Charles J...

, Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

, was commissioned by Charles Douglas Drain (b. March 2, 1861, d. March 1, 1910) the youngest son of town founder Charles Drain

Charles Drain (pioneer)

Charles Drain was a politician in the Oregon Territory and later the U.S. state of Oregon, and the founder of Drain, Oregon. He was born in 1816 near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The family moved to Shelby County, Indiana, when Charles was five. Both parents soon died...

. Completed in 1895, the house is a prominent example of Queen Anne style architecture

Queen Anne Style architecture

The Queen Anne Style in Britain means either the English Baroque architectural style roughly of the reign of Queen Anne , or a revived form that was popular in the last quarter of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century...

 in Drain. The owners selected architect George Franklin Barber

George Franklin Barber

George Franklin Barber was an American architect best known for his residential designs, which he marketed worldwide through a series of mail-order catalogs. One of the most successful domestic architects of the late Victorian period in the United States, Barber's plans were used for houses in...

's Cottage Souvenir No. 2 - design number 37. Currently, the Drain school district headquarters are at the house.

The Charles and Anna Drain House was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 1978. The house is also included on the Oregon National Register List.

External links

• http://www.drainoregon.org/drain_castle.htm