Lake Oswego

Why choose this amazing town as your home.  The simple answer is it is a great place to live.  Ideally situated about 10 minutes from the heart of Portland, this convenient suburb had humble beginnings, but is now home to some of the highest income & educated residents in the metro area.

The town of “Oswego” was founded in 1847 by Albert
Alonzo Durham. Securing a Land Claim, he quickly named the town
after his birthplace in New York, building the town’s first industry–a sawmill
on Sucker Creek (now Oswego Creek). You may know this non-descript creek that flows through George Rogers Park.

In
1865, the Oregon Iron Company was incorporated. It was the first of three companies
that hoped to make Oswego an industrial center, or the “Pittsburg of
the West.”  Unfortunately, this was not to be and with the demise of the iron industry, Oregon Iron & Steel turned its attention
to land development, selling large
tracts of the 24,000 acres it owned to land developers. Oswego Lake Country Club was built to
promote Oswego as a place to “live where you play.” Summer cottages owned by Portland’s elite soon gave way to year round living.

Today Lake Oswego is noted for its award winning schools, excellent parks, library, senior center, low crime rates and community minded resources. For more information about this wonderful place to call home, contact Linda Heinrichs 503-495-5227.

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