This map shows the territorial expansion of Portland through annexation over the years, from the original 1851 incorporation through 1915 when this map was produced. A quick modern-day map overlay shows the boundaries were roughly Lombard Street Columbia Blvd. in the north, 82nd Avenue in the east and Sellwood in the south at that time.
(City of Portland Archives)
Wrapping up the week and the last two days’ posts of the Guild’s Lake Courts with this fine overhead view of NW Portland from 1951. The entire Guild’s Lake wartime housing complex can be seen in the photo center. Many other landmarks are visible including the old Vaughn Street ballpark. It appears that this photo was used for some preliminary sketches of a potential Fremont Bridge and freeway access through Northwest.
(City of Portland Archives)
This beautiful 1924 map features Portland’s industrial infrastructure, including harbor, dock and rail systems. Streets, parks, rivers and some handwritten notations add to the features that make this map a real treasure.
(City of Portland Archives)
The D.E. Keasey & Co. real estate people didn’t just put out the ad shown here a couple weeks ago. They also distributed this beautiful hand-drawn illustration of Portland Heights and surrounding areas. The great perspective shows Ford Street Bridge (Vista Avenue Viaduct) in the lower right all the way to Council Crest and Castle Point in the distance. Thanks to VP fan Scott Smith for providing this beauty. As always, click the image to zoom in on the detailed goodness.
(Scott Smith)
Friday Extra! For the many of you who are interested in Portland’s street renumbering project in the early 1930s, here’s the city’s official directory as of February 1933. It’s a large PDF (approx 43MB) but it cross-references all old and new numbers throughout the city. 243 pages of historic goodness!
Here’s the link to the City Archive page, then click the little page/magnifying glass icon in the center column. Have fun!
An interesting map showing the date of construction of buildings within the Portland city limits. Red indicates the oldest buildings, built before 1910. It would be interesting to see new construction since 1990, when this map was produced.
(City of Portland Archives)
Sheldon Perry contributed this fine Union Pacific valuation map, which he says accompanied valuation reports, largely in the early 20th century. “They’re basically a report and listing of major assets of the various common carrier railways in the U.S. that were then filed with the ICC.” The map has an original revision date of 1927 but hand-written notations were made at least as late as 1962. The east end of the Steel Bridge is at lower right and the Broadway Bridge is just right of center. Thank you, Sheldon!
(Sheldon Perry)
