Your Guide to Buying a Home in Tigard, OR

Buying a Home in Tigard, Oregon

(The nearby Portland skyline and mountain ranges make Tigard even more desirable)

Tigard is located in Washington County

It is hard to imagine that Tigard was once a rural farming area. This community was founded by several families whose names are well recognized in Tigard today. These family names can be found scattered throughout the City on streets such as Sattler Road and Scheckla Drive. However, no family is as well known as the City’s namesake – the Tigard Family. In 1852, Wilson M. Tigard arrived in the area known as East Butte. It was here that Mr. Tigard settled with his family and started the Tigard family’ s involvement in the community by assisting in the organization of the East Butte School. Mr. Tigard’s son, Charles F. Tigard, continued in his father’s civic footsteps by building a general store, a meeting hall and serving in the Oregon Legislature. The general store became the home for the area’s post office, which prompted the renaming of East Butte to Tigardville by Charles F. Tigard in honor of his father.

Tigardville remained a small farming community until the arrival of the Oregon Electric Railroad (OERR) in 1910. The OERR not only triggered the development of Main Street, but also shortened Tigardville to Tigard to distinguish it from Wilsonville. Tigard continued to grow and prosper and officially became a city in 1961.

Although the farms that once covered Tigard are now distant memories, part of the past still remains. The John Tigard House has been preserved for all to enjoy. John Tigard, son of Wilson M. Tigard, constructed the house in 1880 at the corner of what is now Pacific Highway and Gaarde Street. The house was threatened with demolition in the late 1970’s, but due to the efforts of the Tigard Area Historical and Preservation Association, the house was restored. In 1979, the house was entered in the National Register of Historic Places. The house now resides at the corner of SW Canterbury Lane and SW 103rd in Tigard. (Information courtesy of the City of Tigard)

Tigard is located in northwest Oregon in the Portland metropolitan area. The city has much to offer its residents, though is not far from the resources of Portland. The natural beauty in this area is accentuated by the Cascade Range to the east and the Coast Ranges to the west.