Dr. Hugh Mount House

Hugh Mount, M.D. was an Oregon City financier and surgeon who had a joint practice with his brothers Guy and Albert, also physicians, and Clyde who was a dentist. In 1912, the Mount brothers along with nephew, Frank, and Dr. J.C. Cleland owned and managed the Oregon City Hospital. As a prominent member of the community, Hugh served as vice-president of the Oregon City Bank of Commerce, as president of the Chamber of Commerce, as an Oregon City Councilman, and executive head of the State of Oregon Medical Society. Born in 1875 in Silverton, he was one of 14 children. (Private)