The perspective on Skyland is also off – that house did sit dead center of what is now Elizabeth Court, but it should be on the top of the hill, not on a plateau below; Elizabeth Street curves around and meets Davenport on the far side of the high peak shown. It is possible this drawing shows Elizabeth before it was regraded all the way down to Davenport (and the Court split off), but the house is still in the wrong place! The roof just visible above Skyland may be an 1880s farmhouse on Davenport – still standing. What is shown as Patton Rd is likely actually Davenport, as the road that goes up Markle Hill is Hawthorne Terrace.

The large house just above the trolley on Elizabeth is the Hodgson house (demolished in the 30s); The walls and a trolley bench remain. The added ‘club house’ was the Portland Heights Club, which I believe was formerly the WH Fear residence.

Many of the smaller homes appear to be extant… if the sketches can be trusted! There are a few that LOOK like the present house, but PortlandMaps has later construction dates for the current structure (BTW, those dates can often not be trusted… my house is listed as 1911, but is in the Polk by 1906. 1911 is when they first started paying property taxes, and that is when the county enrolled it). I am pretty sure the house on the NE corner of 16th and Spring is still there, although it is actually further East than shown; PMaps claims a 1909 date, tho.

This map answers a long-held question for me – WHERE exactly was the Exhibition tower? I knew it was to one side or the other of the Markle-Pittock house, but records were unclear. BTW, I have a beautiful postcard of the tower I’ll need to scan for you. And like others, I would LOVE to pay for a large-scale copy to be made; I would like to be able to paste a photo of each house still standing on it!

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