Black and white image of a two-story row house with a false square front and a side porch. Three women are in front of the building, which is boarded up and closed. A metal mail box sits on a post at the corner of the front porch.
Black and white image of a somewhat dilapidated saltbox style house. The J. Q. A. Young House is owned by Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation District and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
Sepia-toned image of two women standing in an open door of a building. One woman wears a large apron over her dress and a small hat with an arched feather. The other woman wears a long skirt, a jacket, and a hat. Stacks of books can be seen inside one of the windows, and a sign reading 'Post Office' hangs above the door.
Sepia-toned image of people and two horse-drawn carriages standing in front of a brick building. Another matched team of horses appears to be hitched up to a large bundle of firewood. Four people stand on the boardwalk in front of the building, two men and two women. The women wear white shirtwaists with leg-o'-mutton sleeves and long black skirts. One man is in a suit, as are the two men with the carriages. The fourth man stands behind the team of horses and is wearing work clothes. Small United States flags are displayed on the window edges of the main building. 'Post' is written across one window, and 'Office' on the second. A power pole is just visible in the far left of the image.
Dorothy Johnson standing in front of the Garden Home, Oregon, Post Office in April 1945, just after the death of President Franklin Roosevelt. She is holding flowers in honor of his death. Roosevelt's portrait and a flag appear in the window. Jean Johnson, Dorothy's mother, took the photograph. Dorothy's father, Gust Johnson, ran the Texaco gas station and garage in Garden Home. Dorothy went on to become Miss Oregon and the first runner-up to Miss America in 1955.
The Garden Home Post Office and Store in about 1890. This building is believed to have stood on the southeast corner of what were then called Nicholl and Rex streets. The streets are now known as Garden Home Road and Oleson Road. Lumen H. Nichols, the postmaster and store owner, stands in front, near a rail for tying up horses. According to the book "Oregon Post Offices, 1847-1982" (Helbock, 1983), the Garden Home Post Office was first established March 6, 1882. It was discontinued or had a change of designation in 1904, before being reestablished in 1912.
