Charles & Hattie Babcock House

Charles Babcock was an Oregon City official from 1890 to 1918, serving as city treasurer, city assessor, city collector, and as street superintendent. His wife, Hattie Mccarver Babcock, was a granddaughter of General Morton Mccarver. In 1918, Mr. Babcock retired from public life and worked at Crown-Willamette paper mills until his sudden death in 1921. He was a founding member of both the Oregon City Elks Lodge in 1910 and the Commercial Club, with its auxiliary, “The Live Wires”. The house was one of the first to include gas and electrical fixtures. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.