C. W. Mertz Rental House No. 2

C. W. Mertz Rental House No. 2 is a building in Forest Grove, Oregon that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 2005. It was built by architect John Taylor. It is a contributing property within the Clark Historic District.

C. W. Mertz Rental House No. 2
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The house in December 2009
Location	1933 16th Avenue, Forest Grove, Oregon
Coordinates	45°30′52″N 123°06′48″W
Built	1925
Built by	John Taylor
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	14001160
Added to NRHP	2015

The house is notable for being built of hollow concrete walls, a process developed by John Taylor. The Taylor Process Hollow Concrete Wall system had two concrete walls with a continuous air space between them. Taylor filed a patent for the mold that was used to build the walls. As the walls were built up vertically from a concrete foundation, reinforcing ties were added between the double walls. When the specified height was reached, the top was closed with a suitable cap. The exterior walls could be finished with any adaptable finish, but stucco was the most common method. The Zula Linklater House in Hillsboro was also built using this construction method. About a dozen buildings in Forest Grove, and a few outside the city, were constructed using Taylor's double-wall method.

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Oregon