109 West 8th Street
Built 1907 |
Style: Four Square
#14 on the Map
Deed: Recorded June 15, 1932. Consideration: $10,400.00. Mary G. (Grace) Johnson, a widow, to Mary Johnson Morrison (her daughter) and C.V. (Victor) Morrison.
The Johnson/Morrison House
The house originally sat on the southwest corner of Eighth and Broadway. It was built in 1898, making it the oldest house on the hill, and had additions made to it in 1901. In 1913, B.F. and Mary Grace Johnson bought the property. B.F. had a majority interest in A.F. Coates Logging and later purchased American Mill Company with A.F. Coates and a Mr. Hannify from San Francisco. The Johnsons had three sons and two daughters. Daughter Mary and her husband lived in the house with her mother. In 1923 the house was duplexed, modernized, and turned to face Broadway. A sunroom was added, the four pillars that graced the front porch were removed, and the property had a total of six bedrooms. In the 1950’s, Mary and Victor moved the house to its present location and built the rambler on the corner. The house is currently owned by Keith Kramer, who has restored it to a single-family residence.