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Stephen and Parthena M. Blank House
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
Photograph of the Blank house, a two-story, pedimented house with a large bay window and low-elevation porch
The Blank House in 2009
Location 2117 A Street
Forest Grove, Oregon
Area Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built c. 1858 (construction)
1895 (relocation)
Architectural style Greek Revival
Part of Walker Naylor Historic District (ID11000155)
NRHP reference No. 88001035
Added to NRHP July 14, 1988

The Stephen and Parthena M. Blank House, also known as the Old Stagecoach Stop, is a historic residence located in Forest Grove, Oregon, United States. Built in 1858 or 1859, it is one of Forest Grove's distinctive examples of mid-19th century Greek Revival architecture. Gradual extensions of the structure from the 1850s to the 1880s employed multiple frame construction methods; the house particularly exhibits clear remnants of the balloon-frame and box-frame techniques of the period. Oral tradition suggests that the house was also used as an overnight stagecoach inn on the route between Portland and Tillamook in the late 19th or early 20th century. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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