| Show model cottage copies plan of frontier forts tunnel leading to garage recalls day when fought the indiana of the almost incessant MEMORIES warfare that marked the conquest of the west are evoked by a feature of the model home recently erected m portland oregon by an association of lumber interests mondosa pondosa cottage so named from the of pine which plays a large part in its contraction cont ruction crowns a rocky ledge that towers above portland s business district when the architect came to draw his plans he found there was barely enough ground for the house itself and that he must place his garage on the street level some distance below the main building delving into his memory of talks with oregon pioneers and their stories of hidden passages connecting frontier forts with nearby springs the architect found the germ of a revolutionary lutio nary idea drawing his pencil straight through the hill where it appeared on his plan he laid out a cleverly concealed tunnel leading from the rear garage wall up a slight grade to the basement level of the cottage As a result portland boasts perhaps the only home development in america that traces its plan back to the days of indian blockhouses |
