History

The historic Keegan House still exists near Keegan Gardens Townhomes.

Though the house bears Christopher Keegan's name, he didn't build it and no one is quite sure who did.

Keegan was 16 when the family arrived in Jacksonville in 1882 from Clackamas County. His father, Owen, was bailiff and jailer at the county courthouse for 20 years, while Chris, an employee of marble cutter J.C. Whipp, is said to have carved many of the tombstone bases found in the Jacksonville Cemetery.

Keegan died in 1948 and shares the family's cemetery plot.