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Robert Rummer

1927 – 2025

American real estate Developer

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Lived 1927 – 2025 (aged 97). Robert Rummer was a businessperson.

Robert Rummer (May 26, 1927 – January 31, 2025) was an American real estate developer best known for developing distinctive residential subdivisions of mid-century modern style tract housing in Oregon.

Life and career Rummer was born in Davenport, Washington, on May 26, 1927. He built mid-century modern homes in Portland, Oregon, during the 1960s and 1970s after his wife Phyllis toured Eichler's Rancho San Miguel subdivision in Walnut Creek California in 1959. Rummer built nearly a thousand of these mid-century modern homes in and around Portland, and they have had a cult like following for some time. The National Register of Historic Places-listed historic district within the Oak Hills neighborhood, in the suburbs west of Portland, includes 29 Rummer-designed homes.

During a 2011 interview with Oregon Home, Robert Rummer distilled his architectural vision into a phrase: "houses that bring the inside out or the outside in".

Some of the floor plans include atriums, with other features like large floor to ceiling glass windows, post and beam construction (beams originally painted in Rodda Paint's Oxford Brown), vaulted ceilings in some models, galley kitchens with Thermadore stainless ovens and cooktops, radiant heat floors, and Roman baths.

In March, 2024 Rummer Development was announced. The newly-formed company is led by sustainability expert and designer Aubrey McCormick. Bob Rummer and his associate Terry Gilson handed over the torch to McCormick, who founded Rummer Development and serves as Founder & CEO to lead efforts to revitalize the original designs and build again. Today, McCormick and her business partner Chad Pierson, Head of Construction are bringing to market a range of evolved floorplans, offering a suite of building opportunities for custom builds, neighborhood developments, and other creative residential projects.

Rummer died on January 31, 2025, at the age of 97.

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American real estate Developer

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Robert Rummer was born on 26 May 1927.

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Robert Rummer died on 31 January 2025.

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Robert Rummer was a businessperson.

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