Historic house for sale — For the fourth time in 120 years, the Queen Anne residence, built by Jefferson Newton Mosier in 1896-1904, is for sale.
“Jefferson was a millwright, ironworker and carpenter as well as an inspired civic leader. He platted the town in 1902 and named the small community after his father, Jonah Mosier,” wrote resident Susan Sauer Sloan in the town’s newsletter recently. “Jonah obtained the property ... via the Donation Land Claim Act of 1850. Jonah died in 1894, leaving one thousand acres in the Columbia River Valley to his heirs to develop and farm.”
“The Buce family bought the house from the Mosier family during the Depression and occupied the residence for nearly 40 years. Doug Byrd was the subsequent purchaser before the current owner, Matthew Koerner, bought the place with his brother Michael in 1988 and began extensive renovations. ... Using historic photographs, physical evidence, and interviews of longtime Mosier residents, Matthew Koerner began reconstruction in earnest.”
Koerner poured new foundations, and matched the original paint colors using a painter’s palette found underneath the house. Each shingle had to be hand-dipped in paint.
Mosier House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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