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Belle Ainsworth Jenkins Estate

Field	Value
name	Belle Ainsworth Jenkins Estate
image	Jenkins Estate main house - Aloha, Oregon.JPG
caption	The main house of the estate in 2011.
alt	Photograph of the main house in 2011, driveway in the foreground.
location	8005 SW Grabhorn Road, Beaverton, Oregon
coordinates
locmapin	Oregon#USA
mapframe	yes
mapframe-marker	building
mapframe-zoom	12
mapframe-caption	Interactive map showing Belle Ainsworth Jenkins Estate
built	1880
architect	Root & Hoose
added	November 28, 1978
area	14.197 acre
refnum	78002327

| mapframe-marker = building | mapframe-zoom = 12 |mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing Belle Ainsworth Jenkins Estate

The Belle Ainsworth Jenkins Estate, located near Beaverton, Oregon, United States, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built starting in 1912, the main house on the property was intended as a summer home. The entire 68 acre estate is owned by the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District (THPRD). The estate has eight buildings, including the main home and a farmhouse built in 1880.

History

Ralph and Belle Jenkins purchased the property for $7,000 in 1912 for what was intended to be their summer home. Belle was the daughter of John C. Ainsworth, a founder of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, while Ralph had been a teacher. The Jenkins began construction on a large estate that year as an escape from the city. The English hunting lodge-style main home took three years to complete, and was in addition to the original farmhouse on the property. Other facilities on the estate included fine equestrian facilities, as well as gardens, a greenhouse, an ornamental pool, a tea house, a carriage house, and a water tower.

Ralph Jenkins died in the 1950s; Belle died in 1963. Burt Muir inherited the property, but sold it to developers for what was planned to be a retirement community. Once the project failed due to a lack of water and sewer access, the developers put the estate up for sale. The Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District purchased the Jenkins estate in 1976 for $525,000. In 1978, the estate was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Belle Ainsworth Jenkins Estate.

The Tualatin Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society started working with THPRD in 1982 to restore the rhododendron garden on the property. The park district restored the property in 1989 at a cost of $178,000.

Details

Jenkins Estate covers 68 acre and contains 28 acre of gardens.

References

Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District. "Historic Properties".
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. (June 6, 2011). "Oregon National Register List".
Allen, Frank C.. (May 1978). ["National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Jenkins, Belle Ainsworth, Estate"]({{NRHP url).
Apalategui, Eric. (August 23, 2012). "Aloha's Jenkins Estate celebrates a century of serenity". [[The Oregonian]].
Friedman, Nicole. (August 5, 2013). "Portland's Elephants Delicatessen managing event rentals, catering at Jenkins Estate". The Oregonian.
Pokorny, Kym. (May 20, 2013). "Jenkins Estate's rhododendron garden recaptures its former glory". The Oregonian.
Friedman, Nicole. (February 14, 2013). "Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District to transfer Jenkins Estate management". The Oregonian.
Olson, Donald. (2014). "The Pacific Northwest Garden Tour". Timber Press, Inc..

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