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Terwilliger Parkway Listed on National Register of Historic Places!

Friends of Terwilliger has successfully listed 115 acres of publicly owned parkland to the National Register of Historic Places. This includes the original parkway as designed in 1912 by the Olmsted Brothers, from Duniway Park to SW Capitol Hwy including, roadways, pathways, light poles, various parkway views and vegetation. Read More
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Terwilliger Parkway’s May 2022 Restoration Event

May 21, 2022

Please join Friends of Terwilliger and Portland Parks & Recreation for our monthly restoration work in Historic Terwilliger Parkway. Let’s show the ivy who’s the boss!

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Terwilliger Parkway Listed on National Register of Historic Places!

Mar 15, 2021 - 04:58 PM

It’s been a long time coming, but Terwilliger Parkway has finally been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1985 the Portland Park Bureau hired a consultant to prepare nominations to the National Historic Register for several older city parks. But then they never submitted them to the National Park Service for listing. Now FOT has completed the task!

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Olmsted’s 200th Anniversary Proclamation Issued by Mayor Wheeler

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April 26th was the 200th anniversary of famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted’s birthday.

Various lectures, symposiums, and discussions have been going on in 2022 to celebrate and call attention to the Olmsted family’s prolific and groundbreaking work. His sons, John Charles and Frederick Law Jr., carried on his work and worked in Portland on various projects starting in 1903. Most notable was their parks master plan for the city that recommended a “South Hillside Parkway” that became Terwilliger Parkway. A proclamation issued by Mayor Wheeler and the Portland City Council perhaps sums up best the impact of the Olmsteds:
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Memorial Service for Susan Egnor Details

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You are invited to a Celebration of Life for Susan Travis Egnor:

May 18, 2022

3-4pm Reception and quiet contemplation

4-5:30 Remembrances–stories and memories

5:30-7 Potluck supper

West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

8470 SW Oleson Rd, Portland, OR 97223

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2021 No Ivy Day: The Ivy is Scared!!

This year marked the 18th year of No Ivy Day, an annual event put on by Portland Parks and Recreation, to rid our natural areas and parks of invasive ivy. Friends of Terwilliger was a co-sponsor.

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  • Multnomah County ACS
  • West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District
  • Southwest Neighborhoods Watershed Resource
  • West Willammette Restoration Partnership
  • Portland Parks and Recreation

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