When commercial engineer George Rauch decided to build his 1926 Portland trophy house, he hired people he knew: architects who designed the downtown Heathman Hotel, and engineers and contractors who constructed bridges.
For a softer touch, Rauch and his wife, Mable, later brought in architect Richard Sundeleaf, whom the Lake Oswego Preservation Society considers “one of Oregon’s most significant, versatile and prolific architects,” to expand the kitchen and family room under wood-beam ceilings.
The Colonial Revival house with a Greek Revival two-story entrance porch at 3008 N.W. Greenbriar Terrace is for sale at $1,285,000…