Portland spreads out below Piggot’s Castle in this nice 1907 bird’s eye view. The 1892 castle still sits on SW Buckingham Drive and is visible up the hill from the foot of SW Broadway looking south. Broadway is seen here on the left.
(City of Portland Archives)
Tags: Bridge, Chamber of Commerce, Historic Photo, Oregon, Portland, Willamette River
August 8, 2012 at 7:17 am
I can’t believe I found it.
The spire: http://goo.gl/maps/YQQVd
From the other side: http://goo.gl/maps/QuwOQ
August 8, 2012 at 7:53 am
nice view of portland
August 8, 2012 at 8:57 am
If I remember, Piggots Castle was for sale about 1981, Asking price was just under 300K !
Yes, things change as time marches on…
August 8, 2012 at 10:32 am
Here’s a nice little writeup on Piggott, who was apparently also the author of “Pearls at Random Strung” which purports to be “The Scientific Causes of All Diseases, Poverty, Premature Death and Longevity”.
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/12/perusing_piggotts_pearls.html
August 8, 2012 at 12:17 pm
an aerial view: http://goo.gl/maps/P3hGn
August 9, 2012 at 12:17 pm
It’s great to see what this section looked like before Lincoln Hall (high school 1912) & Shattuck Hall (Elementary 1914).
August 9, 2012 at 2:36 pm
It’s also awesome to see how wooded the east side was at this time! Past the shoreline it might as well be a forest! Sweet!
August 15, 2012 at 12:16 pm
I’ve spent the last month researching the house and Piggott, who is a fascinating, eccentric figure. Was very excited to see this image. It’s better than most I’ve seen at the Historical Society!
August 22, 2012 at 1:34 am
Great photo! I’m pretty sure that staircase that led to the tower top isn’t there anymore… Too bad, too