Cara Kaser

Cara Kaser is an architectural historian with the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office. She received her B.A. in History from Portland State University and M.A. in History from Washington State University. Kaser has worked on various historic preservation projects in Oregon, Washington, and California, including preparing nominations for the National Register of Historic Places and conducting historic resource surveys.

Author's Entries

  • Ernest Bloch House (Newport)

    Perched on a high bluff in Newport overlooking Agate Beach and the Pacific Ocean, stands an Arts-and-Crafts, Rustic-style house that was home to composer Ernest Bloch from 1941 to 1959. Built in 1914 for the Asahel Bush family of Salem, the single-story, low-pitched, gabled-roof house was constructed of …

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