This lovely home, with the half-timbered gables, still sits on the upslope above NW Cornell Road, just west of where it meets NW Lovejoy. That footpath up to the house is now a driveway.
(City of Portland Archives)
Vintage Portland
This lovely home, with the half-timbered gables, still sits on the upslope above NW Cornell Road, just west of where it meets NW Lovejoy. That footpath up to the house is now a driveway.
(City of Portland Archives)
Google Street view, as close as I could get http://is.gd/4ZMQYy
It looks like there’s one telephone pole that needs to lay off the steroids.
Either that, or it’s one hedge that’s been trimmed by Twiggy.
@Jim: I had the same thought! What’s up with that telephone pole?
Looks like ivy on that pole to me.
What a beautiful old house! The half-timbered gable ends and the dormer in between, plus large terrace and entrance porch are very similar to the ones on the late, great Whidden & Lewis designed Adolphe Wolfe mansion which was located on SW King Ave. I agree that the obese telephone pole must be covered in ivy. Looks like several other houses in the neighborhood are still intact as well.
According to Portlandmaps.com this house was built in 1905, so it could well have been influenced by the Wolfe house which was built in 1900, and ironically enough demolished not long after this picture was taken.
Don’t forget you can enlarge most of these photos by left clocking on them. Makes the ivy on the pole show up better.
That’s “left clicking”. Sorry.
This style of house was very popular, I have noticed in my old house research that there were many houses that looked like this in the 1910’s. House has not changed much that I can see except for a set of winding steps leading up to what must be a side entrance on the left now. Must have an under the house garage now.
If you go to Google street view (see above link) all the houses in this picture are still there.
Very nice blog post. I definitely love this site.
Stick with it!