From the Bishop's Close Web Page: The Elk Rock Gardens of the Bishop's Close is the name that was given to the Peter Kerr estate when it was given to the Diocese of Oregon in 1959. Located in the Dunthorpe area about two miles north of Lake Oswego, the estate sits on a high bluff on the western bank of the Willamette River. The property includes approximately six acres of cultivated English-style gardens that were designed by the landscape architectural firm of Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts. They are widely ... (more)