Seniors Take It On The

Road for Upcoming Tour

Watch history unfold before your very eyes. Take this historical bus ride and visit some of the very first homes built in the northeastern wilderness in Oregon City, NW Portland, and Sauvies Island. The bus tour is being sponsored by Clark College’s Mature Learning Center which is a special continuing education program with tours and classes for seniors only. Alice Cotton, architectural artist, teacher, and author of When Buildings Speak, will be leading this bus tour that begins with the Barlow Mansion, the home of early pioneer William Barlow whose father built the Barlow Trail. Then on to Oregon City’s McLoughlin House with a full discussion on the impact John McLoughlin had in the northwest. Then you’ll visit the beautifully restored Victorian Simon Benson house near Portland State Univerisity. Did you know that if put to the test the Benson house can float? The group will then travel to Savies Island to see the Byee-Howell house, a prime example of early pioneer Greek Revival homes and discover what they have in common, if anything, with ancient Greek temples.

Alice will also be teaching classes in architecture at the Mature Learning Center in the Fall. Please visit Alice’s web page www.artemisillustration.com for details or call Clark College 360-992-2213 to sign up.