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==History== | ==History== | ||
The first house built the Goose Hollow area was in 1845 by Daniel Lownsdale. He owned and operated a tannery at the current site of [[Providence Park]]. It is believed by historians that this was the first tannery west of the Rockies and north of Mexico.[http://www.goosehollow.org/about/history] | The first house built the Goose Hollow area was in 1845 by Daniel Lownsdale. He owned and operated a tannery at the current site of [[Providence Park]]. It is believed by historians that this was the first tannery west of the Rockies and north of Mexico.[http://www.goosehollow.org/about/history] | ||
=Origins of the Name= | |||
==Parks in Goose Hollow== | ==Parks in Goose Hollow== | ||
Revision as of 10:53, 11 June 2014
Goose Hollow is a neighborhood in Southwest Portland, between downtown and the West Hills.
It is bounded on the north by Burnside, on the east by Interstate 405, roughly on the south by Highway 26, and roughly on the west by Washington Park.
History
The first house built the Goose Hollow area was in 1845 by Daniel Lownsdale. He owned and operated a tannery at the current site of Providence Park. It is believed by historians that this was the first tannery west of the Rockies and north of Mexico.[1]
Origins of the Name
Parks in Goose Hollow
Adjacent Neighborhoods
- Northwest District to the north
- Downtown to the east
- Southwest Hills Residential League to the south
- Arlington Heights to the west
- Hillside to the northwest