Military Monday Memories: K-1 (Pusan West) Korea, 1952

Here are some more photos from my dad Frederick Pape's military scrapbook, from a page he labeled as "Korea K-1"

K-1 was also known as Pusan West.  According to a history of the 17th Bomb Group/Wing,

During the October to December [1952] time frame, the 17th moved from K-9 [Pusan East] to K-1 (Pusan West) to allow for the resurfacing of the K-9 runway from PSP to asphalt. The Wing returned to K-9 on 20 December having flown uninterrupted through both moves. Weather was the primary cause of lost missions.

On the back of the photo below, Dad wrote, "Looking east down 37th Tent Alley toward latrine at end."  This was probably taken just outside Dad's red-doored tent, the "Sans Nookee Teepee."  The "37th" Dad referred to was his unit, the 37th Bomb Squadron.

On the back of this next photo, Dad wrote, "Operations tent for the 37th at K-1."

On the back of this next photo, Dad wrote, "Looking north down main road (?).  Wing HQ to right of sign, out of view.  Note old concrete revetment on left formerly used by Japs for housing Zeros [during World War II].

Here's a closeup of that revetment (on the left), and the sign for the headquarters of the 17th Bomb G[rou]p (L) - for Light - on the right.  You can also see one of the buses the men would take from Tent Alley to headquarters for briefings.

More photos of the headquarters area in a future post.


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Military Monday Memories: Moving Back to K-9 from K-1, late 1952

From my dad Frederick Pape's military scrapbook:

From the 17th Bomb Wing (Light) - Korea page:

During the October to December [1952] time frame, the 17th moved from K-9 [Pusan East] to K-1 (Pusan West) to allow for the resurfacing of the K-9 runway from PSP [perforated or pierced steel planking, used for prefabricated runways] to asphalt. The Wing returned to K-9 on 20 December [1952] having flown uninterrupted through both moves. Weather was the primary cause of lost missions. The new runway, while superior to the PSP, lasted about thirty days and underwent continual repair through the cessation of hostilities.

On the back of this photo, my dad wrote:  "The help carrying away the remains of our K-1 mess hall, which burned down the day before we left K-1."

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Kodachrome in Korea, late 1952.

Last month, while cleaning out the study of my deceased father, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017), I found a paper bag containing a number of Kodachrome slides from the early and mid-1950s, taken during his time in Korea and also in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois.  Kodachrome is extremely stable, and the color on these slides is near pristine.  I'll be sharing some of the images over the year.

Unfortunately the mounts on the slides do not have any processing dates, but I know this one was taken sometime between October 9, 1952, and March 7, 1953, because that is the period when he was in Korea with the Air Force.  Here, he is standing next to the sign for the 37th Bomb Squadron (L[ight]) Headquarters, the "Home of the Royal Bengals," at K-1, the Pusan West Air Base in South Korea.

I've cropped out much of the background in this picture to emphasize Dad, but the background is the same as in the black-and-white photos in an earlier post on this headquarters, so that further narrows the photograph to the last quarter of 1952.  According to a history of the 17th Bomb Group/Wing (of which the 37th Bomb Squadron was a part),

During the October to December [1952] time frame, the 17th moved from K-9 [Pusan East] to K-1 (Pusan West) to allow for the resurfacing of the K-9 runway from PSP to asphalt. The Wing returned to K-9 on 20 December having flown uninterrupted through both moves.

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Military Monday: Kodachrome In Korea V

Last year, while cleaning out the study of my late father, Frederick Henry Pape (1929-2017), I found a paper bag containing a number of Kodachrome slides from the early and mid-1950s, taken during his time in Korea and also in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois. Kodachrome is extremely stable, and the color on these slides is near pristine. I'll be sharing more of the images in the future.

This picture is from Dad's time in Korea, from October 1952 through March 1953.  I'm not sure if it is K-1 (Pusan West), where he was stationed through December 20, or K-9 (Pusan East) Air Base, where he was stationed the rest of the time (being at K-1 while a runway was rebuilt at K-9).

The building behind him (seen better in the enlargement below) seems to be under construction, so I'm guessing this is K-9.  I wish Dad was still around, so I could just ask him.  In one more week, he would have been celebrating his 90th birthday.

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Those Places Thursday: Dr. David Sayers' Home in Bastrop, Texas

Above:  [R. L. Perkins Home Photograph #1], photograph, December 25, 1962; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth480175/m1/1/: accessed August 30, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Historical Commission.

This house - or a part of it - was the home of Dr. David Sayers shortly after he came to Bastrop, Texas, in December 1851.  The Hall-Sayers-Perkins house at 1307 Church was originally a single story "dogtrot" - two rooms separated by an open breezeway hallway in the middle.  In 1961, evidence of wide fireplaces at the ends of each room were uncovered in the foundation, according to the historical marker application and a 1976 newspaper article.  This part of the house may date back to 1830, according to another newspaper article in 1992, and might be associated with early settlers John Jackson Tumlinson Jr. (an early Texas Ranger and Texas Revolution soldier), and Elisha Marshall Pease (an official in the Texas Republic, later a legislator and the 5th and 13th Governor of Texas), who apparently arrived in Bastrop in 1835. 

Tax records showed that Pease owned the property at least 1847-49, followed by John D. Hogan in 1850-58.  Constant K. Hall (buried in the fenced-in area at Fairview Cemetery with David Sayers) was also paying taxes on the property beginning in 1852 and continuing through 1866.

In 1851, two rooms were added with an L-shaped gallery, and it evolved into the Greek Revival style, with a front door with a transom and sidelights.  The work was done by N. B. (Napoleon Bonaparte) Tanner for Hall, who paid him $1400 in full on January 3, 1852.  This was about the time Dr. David Sayers moved into it, apparently renting the home at first and then purchasing it at a sheriff's sale around 1870.  The flooring is apparently hand-pegged and grooved heart of pine with homemade nails.

Below is a segment of an 1887 "bird's-eye view" of Bastrop.  The house is on the right-hand side of the intersection of Diagonal (now Church) Street and an unnamed street (now Buttonwood).  Diagonally across the intersection was the Bastrop Academy (established January 1852, and marked with a 2 below it on the map), which in 1856 became the Bastrop Military Institute, where Dr. Sayers sent his oldest sons (from his first marriage), Joseph (its first graduate) and William.  The Institute closed during the Civil War, but reopened in 1867 as the Texas Military Institute.  In 1869-70, Dr. Sayers served as its surgeon, but the school was moved to Austin in June 1870 and operated there until 1879.

Above: Augustus Koch (1840–?). Bird’s Eye View of Bastrop Bastrop County Texas 1887, 1887. Lithograph, 16.6 x 22.9 in. Lithographer unknown. Bastrop County Historical Society.  From  http://www.birdseyeviews.org/zoom.php?city=Bastrop&year=1887&extra_info= and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_map-Bastrop-1887.jpg

Just two-tenths of a mile south, near the corner of Church and Spring streets, is the Calvary Episcopal Church, where David Sayers was a vestryman, and he and wife Inda provided one of the stained glass windows.  One block east and one block south from there, another two-tenths of a mile, at 1003 Main, was Dr. Sayers' medical office.

Tax records show Dr. Sayers lived here until his death in 1886, and his widow Inda in 1887, the year of her death.  The same tax records show their youngest child, Sam Scott Sayers was assessed for the property taxes 1894-6 and 1901 (records for 1888-1893, 1897-1900, and 1902-on are not available online).

Dr. Nathaniel Green Fowler, a dentist, bought the house in 1906.  In 1910, a second story was added and the house was given a Victorian look.  Major Robert L. Perkins Jr. and his wife Catrine bought the house in 1959, and applied for a historical marker in 1964.  It was added to the list of Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in 1965.  The house is also on the National Register as of December 1978 as part of the Bastrop Historic and Architectural Multiple Resource Area.  Today the house can be rented for guest stays (click that link for interior views).

All of the black-and-white photographs in this post were taken December 1, 1969, and are part of the Texas Historical Commission's Historic Resources Survey Collection.  Check the captions for the dates on the color photographs.

Above:  Texas Historical Commission. [Sayers-Perkins House, (Front elevation)], photograph, December 1, 1969; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth675102/m1/1/: accessed August 30, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Historical Commission.

Below:  Texas Historical Commission. [Sayers-Perkins House, (Front elevation)], photograph, December 1, 1969; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth676476/m1/1/: accessed August 30, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Historical Commission.

Above:  The Hall-Sayers-Perkins House in Bastrop, Texas [22 May 2014] / 25or6to4 / CC BY-SA 3.0

Below:  Texas Historical Commission. [Sayers-Perkins House, (Front elevation)], photograph, December 1, 1969; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth674636/m1/1/: accessed August 30, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Historical Commission.

The view above is from the corner of Church and Buttonwood streets, looking southeast, and shows parts of the house added in 1851 (lower level) and 1910 (upper level, entire house).

The view below is looking northeast at the property from the front of the house next door, just south of it.  Note the bay window on the first floor - this was eventually removed (definitely by May 2014, when the color photo further above was taken) and the fireplace originally in this location was restored.

Above:  Texas Historical Commission. [Sayers-Perkins House, (Front oblique)], photograph, December 1, 1969; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth673237/m1/1/: accessed August 30, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Historical Commission.

Below:  Texas Historical Commission. [Sayers-Perkins House, (Side elevation)], photograph, December 1, 1969; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth675287/m1/1/: accessed August 30, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Historical Commission.

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Military Memories Monday: Dad and Milt "Outside Our Little Nest at K-1", ABT 1952

My dad, Second Lieutenant Fred Pape, and his pilot partner, Captain Milton Royles, outside their tent at the K-1, the Pusan West Air Base in South Korea (Their regular base, K-9 or Pusan East, was closed for rebuilding of a runway).  The back of the photograph is stamped "Kodacolor Print...Week of November 24, 1952," so the photo was taken sometime before that date.  Dad had been in Korea for just a couple months at that point.  Dad said they had the only tent with a red door, because Milt painted it that color.  If you look closely, you can see the words "Sans Nookee Teepee" also painted on the door.

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(Not-So-) Wordless Wednesday: Fred Pape "at Operations," Korea, 1952

Another picture from my dad Fred Pape's military scrapbook.

On the back of this photo, Dad wrote, "A real closeup shot of the combat navigator.  Good camera.  It shows my lack of a shave very distinctly.  Taken next to Ops tent at K-1," so this would be late 1952.

Wood from old bomb crates was used to construct some of the facilities at K-1 and K-9.  Just above Dad's head, to the right, you can read part of what was written on one: "[Explo]sives" and "Bombs."


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Military Monday Memories: "Sans Nookee Teepee" in Korea, Late 1952

Here is another photo from my dad Fred Pape's military scrapbook:

My dad, a Second Lieutenant navigator at the time, is kneeling in the center, with Paul Marks standing on the left and Al Nolan standing on the right.  On the back of the photograph, Dad wrote that Paul and Al were also navigators and "two great guys."  Unfortunately, I was unable to find out any additional information about either gentleman.

This photo was taken outside their tent at K-1, the Pusan West Air Base in South Korea (Their regular base, K-9 or Pusan East, was closed for rebuilding of a runway).  The back of the photograph is stamped "Kodacolor Print...Week of November 24, 1952," so the photo was taken sometime before that date.  Dad had been in Korea for just a couple months at that point.  Dad said they had the only tent with a red door, because his pilot partner, Captain Milton C. "Milt" Royles, had painted it that color (I posted a photo of him and my dad in front of this tent in May 2014).  If you look closely, you can see the words "Sans Nookee Teepee" also painted on the door.

There will be more about K-1 and tent alley in future posts.


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Friday's Faces From the Past: Around K-1, 1952

Yet more pictures from my dad Fred Pape's military scrapbook:

On the back of this one, it says, "Looking north down main road (?) of K-1 waiting for truck to take us to briefing.  Jim Bayes and I on the right."

At left is an enlargement of the part of the picture with Jim and my dad.  Jim was Dad's roommate during navigator training at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston.

The gentleman with the dark pants on the far left in the picture above looks to be the same as the gentleman in the picture below, of Dick Capps.  On the back of that photo, Dad wrote,

"Dick Capps, crackerjack bombardier from 34th B[omb] S[quadron] and a good friend.  Druggist by desire, bombardier by Air Force."

Unfortunately, this wasn't quite enough information for me to be able to find out anything more about Dick Capps (so far).

Here's the building I believe they were traveling to:

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Military Monday Memories: "K-9 Korea," early 1953

From my dad Fred Pape's military scrapbook:



Dad's 37th Bomb Squadron (and the entire 17th Bomb Wing or Group) moved from the K-1 base to K-9 in late December, 1952, when work on the runways at the latter was completed.

Another view of the 17th Bomb Wing headquarters pictured above is on the 17th Bomb Group website.

Another view of "The Castle" pictured above, quarters for senior officers at K-9, is on the 17th Bomb Group website.

Another view of the Officers Club pictured above is on the 17th Bomb Group website.


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Tombstone Tuesday: Dr. David Sayers Family Plot, Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop, Texas

The grandparents and some of the siblings of my great uncle Philip Edgar Sayers Sr. are buried in the historic Fairview Cemetery in Bastrop, Texas, in Section E(B).

Philip's grandfather was Dr. David Scott, 1811-1886, a physician born May 27, 1811, at Reed Island Creek in Wythe County, Virginia.  He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania medical school on March 26, 1835.  Late in 1840, he moved to Grenada, Mississippi, and married Mary Thomas Peete (1821-1847).  They had two sons, Joseph Draper Sayers (1841-1929) and William Branch Sayers (1843-1898) - more on them in future posts.

According to a source published in 1899, David and his two sons moved to Bastrop County, Texas, in December 1851, where he continued his practice of medicine.

Above:  Illustration of Dr. David Sayers, 21 January 1899, for the inauguration of his son Joseph Draper Sayers as Governor of Texas.  Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 46, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 21, 1899, newspaper, January 21, 1899; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205431/m1/6/: accessed August 26, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.

Below:  Obituary for Dr. David Sayers, July 10, 1886. Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 10, 1886, newspaper, July 10, 1886; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth204952/m1/2/: accessed August 26, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.

Here is his grave marker at Fairview Cemetery - this photo is courtesy Gail Davis from FindAGrave.  The flag in the background is in the plot for his son, Texas Governor Joseph Draper Sayers.

Detail from Dr. Sayers' monument - this and all following cemetery and grave marker photos are by Gerry Beathard from FindAGrave and are used with his permission.

This side (pictured above) reads,

"In memory of Dr. David Sayers, born May 27, 1811 Died July 2, 1886

The afflicted poor never appealed to him. in vain."

The symbol above appears to be the keystone emblem signifying a Mark Master Mason.

This side (pictured above) includes the classic compass symbol of Freemasonry and the words, "His desires were regulated and his passions kept within due bounds with all mankind."  This is a Masonic teaching associated with the compass symbol.

This side (pictured above) has the words, "His conduct was in harmony with the principles of morality and virtue," and the Masonic square at the top, which symbolizes morality.

The final side (pictured above) has the words, "His life exemplified truth, and adorned humanity and his death illustrated the Christian's faith," and what I think is the Masonic 24-inch gauge symbol at the top.


Below is a picture of the David Sayers plot in the Bastrop Fairview Cemetery.  As you can see, there are a number of other graves within the gated, fenced-in area.




The cemetery is now operated by the City of Bastrop, which sent me a guide to the graves in this area of Section E(B) (pictured below, click on the image to make it larger).  The fence for the David Sayers plot is represented by the green box below.  The purple box outlines the fenced area of the Joseph Draper Sayers plot, which I'll discuss in a future post.

Dr. David Sayers' second wife. Indiana "Inda" Scott Sayers, 1828-1877, is buried next to him.  They married on February 8, 1854, in Bastrop County. and had four children who survived into adulthood:  Jessie Alison Sayers (1859–1939), Elizabeth ("Lizzie" or "Lilly") Scott Sayers Sayers (1863–1918; yes, she married a Sayers), Thomas Green Sayers (1865-1910, Phil Sayers' father), and Sam Scott Sayers (1867–1935).  More about Jessie, Elizabeth, and Sam in future posts.




Here is Inda's obituary:

Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1887, newspaper, May 26, 1887; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth278075/m1/5/?q=sayers: accessed August 26, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.

On the other side of Dr. David Sayers' obelisk are four markers for four Sayers children who died young.  David Sayers, 1861-1865, was likely the doctor's and Inda's firstborn son.

Family stories said Thomas Green Sayers had a twin sister - that must have been Kate, also born in 1865:

It's not clear who the next two Mary Sayers belonged to.  Dr. David Sayers' first wife Mary died in 1847, and he did not marry Inda until 1854.  Perhaps he had another wife between Mary and Inda, with two daughters by her?  Or perhaps these are the children of some other unknown Sayers who came to Texas.

The other graves within the fence include David's and Inda's children Jessie Alison Sayers and Sam Scott Sayers, Sam's wife Dot McLavy Sayers (more on these three in future posts), Inda's sisters Mary Elizabeth Scott (1826-1880) and Martha Scott Fourshee, as well as three apparently unrelated persons:  stagecoach operator Constant K. Hall (1818-1873), his daughter Kate K. Hall (1845-1863), and his father-in-law James Leverich Hedenberg (1790-1862).  There's an empty spot next to Kate that could have the unmarked remains of her mother, Constant's wife, and James's daughter Margaret Matilda Hedenberg Hall (c.1816-26 Feb 1895).  And Dr. Sayers may have purchased his home from Constant (C. K.) Hall.

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Friday's Faces From the Past: Military Memories - Dad in the Service, 1951-1955

Well, this picture isn't especially flattering (maybe it was taken just after he completed advanced survival training in the Nevada desert), but it was on Dad's WD AGO Form 66 (Officer's, Warrant Officer's, and Flight Officer's Qualification Record) from the Air Force. He gave me the original form to copy as well as some of his orders and leave papers.  Some were hard to read, because of all the abbreviations and acronyms, but here is a rough timeline of his key dates in the Air Force:

February 27, 1951 - preflight (air cadet) training at Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas
March 31, 1951 - flight school at Columbus Air Force Base, Columbus, Mississippi
July 12-27, 1951 - 15 days of leave, home to 2093 Lunt Avenue in Chicago
August 12, 1951 - navigator training in Class 52-05N at Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas (30 weeks worth)
December 1951 - granted Christmas leave, flies into O'Hare Reserve Station when all other Chicago airports are closed by snow
April 11, 1952 - commissioned as a Second Lieutenant at completion of navigator training and begins three years of active duty.
late April & early May, 1952 - visits home in Chicago en route to next assignment
May 14, 1952 - B-26 bombardment training, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
July 11, 1952 - assigned to Night Intruder Crew #12 as navigator-bombardier with pilot Milton C. Royles and gunner William R. Peppers.
August 4, 1952 - crew sent to Stead Air Force Base near Reno, Nevada, for advanced survival training course (completed August 14), followed by Camp Stoneman near Pittsburg, California
early September, 1952 - meets with his brother Navy Lieutenant Commander Paul Robert "Bob" Pape, who is en route from Korea to the Pentagon, in San Francisco at the home of their mother's first cousin, Henrietta Gauer Strible and her husband Jack.
September 18, 1952 - sent to McClellan Air Force Base near Sacramento, California, to ferry a B-26 to Japan with Royles (via Hawaii and Guam).
October 9, 1952 - arrival at Tachikawa Airfield near Tokyo and assigned (along with Milt Royles) to the 17th Bomb Group (aka 17th Bomb Wing), 37th Bomb Squadron, and sent to K-1, the Pusan West Air Base, in Korea
sometime in late 1952 and/or early 1953 - flies 50th mission and receives Air Medal
March 3, 1953 - assigned to 3605th Observer (navigator) Training Wing at Ellington Air Force Base near Houston, Texas (thanks to Uncle Bob), as an instructor; flown to Itazuke Air Base in Fukuoka, Japan
March 7, 1953 - arrives at Travis Air Force Base, near Fairfield, California, and from there begins leave at home in Chicago until reporting to his next assignment
April 14, 1953 - reports at Ellington Air Force Base
September 12, 1953 - promoted to First Lieutenant
December 21, 1953 - 10 days of leave granted, flies home to Chicago with his fiancee, my mom
September 10, 1954 - 15 days of leave granted (for wedding and honeymoon!)
April 10, 1955 - released from active duty

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Happy Veterans' Day! - Our Dads

My dad, Frederick Henry Pape, at his graduation from Navigator Training School,
Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas, April 1952. 

Mark's dad, Francis Edward Gresham, US Navy, World War II, April 1944 - August 1945

My dad, Frederick Henry Pape, was in the Air Force from March 1951 through April 1955, and served in the Korean War from September 1952 to April 1953 as a navigator and bombardier on B-26s, mostly flying out of K-1, the Pusan West Air Base. He flew at least 50 missions and was awarded the Air Medal.

Dad attended flight school in Columbus, Mississippi and graduated from Navigator Training School at Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas, in April 1952.  Dad went back to Ellington after his Korean War service and was training other navigators there when he met my mom.

Mark's dad, Francis Edward Gresham (1911-1990), served in the Navy during World War II, from April 1944 to August 1945. Francis was an experienced pressman and print shop manager, and after basic training in California, he was sent to work as a negative engraver and cameraman at the Navy's Hydrographic Office in Washington, D.C. during the war. Afterwards, he returned to work as a civilian at the US Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas, promoted from his pre-war job as a junior supervisor to supervisor of "miscellaneous duplicating devices." He went on to hold other civilian print shop positions with the Navy in Pensacola, Florida; Guam; and Bremerton, Washington.

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Those Places Thursday: 4608 NE 36th Avenue, Portland, Oregon - An Ewald Pape Design

Here is another house that was definitely designed by my architect first-cousin-twice-removed, Ewald Theodore Pape (1894-1976), in Portland, Oregon, in 1931.  This one is located at 4608 NE 36th Avenue, on the corner of Going Street, which is the view below (click on each image to view it larger):




According to an article on page 20 of the November 5, 1933 Portland Oregonian, "William K. Haug was granted a permit for a $4500 one-story house to be constructed at 4608 Northeast Thirty-sixth avenue for which E. T. Pape prepared the plans."

One week later, on page 20 of the November 12 issue of the Oregonian, an article entitled "Enterlock Home Rising - First Building in Portland Made of New Type of Lumber" said,

The first home in Portland to be build of "Enterlock" lumber, a product of the Long-Bell Lumber Sales corporation, will be under construction this week at Northeast Thirty-sixth avenue and Going street under the supervision of E. T. Pape, designer.  The house is being built for Mr. and Mrs. William K. Haug.

Enterlock is a new machine preparation of the unit parts which go to make up a building, systematized in such a manner that any type of home building, regardless of plan and architectural treatment, may be built.

The public is invited to inspect the building of this house, the lumber for which is being furnished by the Rowell Lumber company.  I. M. Phelps is the contracting builder.

Here is the plumbing permit from PortlandMaps, dated November 27, 1933:

 Four months later, an article appeared in the March 25, 1934 Oregonian, entitled "Enterlock Home Built - House of Special Fabricated Design Constructed Here"

The first home in Portland to be built by Enterlock fabricated lumber, manufactured by the Long-Bell Lumber company of Longview, Wash., has been completed at 4608 Northeast Thirty-sixth avenue for Mr. and Mrs. William K. Haug.  The cost was $4500.

Construction of the house was supervised by E. T. Pape, designer of homes.  All of the lumber going into the construction is kiln dried and dovetailed together, making a perfect fit and automatically making all walls and ceilings square.

Mr. and Mrs. Haug expect to occupy their new home about April 1.

Here is a view of the home from the 36th Avenue side.  I'm not sure if the porte cochere, which has a deck on top of it, is original to the site:

Edward A. Laughlin of Port Arthur, Texas, invented Enterlock before World War I, and it was patented in 1923.  Here is a sketch from the article "Lock-Joined Lumber for Building" in The Wood-Worker, Volume 38, June 1919 edition, pages 35-36, that illustrates how the pieces of lumber interlock:

Here's a close-up of the front door:

As of 2013, this house only had two owners.  Haug was still living in the house at his death in 1952.  A real estate ad in August 1963 indicates the owners have "bought in Oswego."  This description is from a June 4, 2013 real estate ad:

"Truly charming, sunny & well maintained 1934 custom built home w/ only 2 owners. Hi ceilings, leaded glass, hrdwds thru out, updated kitchen w/ granite, Marmoleum, S/S appl. [stainless steel appliances] & eat area. Extremely solid construction. Newer mechanicals. Super high ceilings make this huge basement ideal for finishing."

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