Not even going to try to embed a street view but that brick building with the “slot” in it is the Carlton Court Building at 1631 NW Everett which is tucked into the SW corner of Chown.
If I was tasked with demolishing that house I think I’d shed a tear or two afterwards.
I lived for a while in ’66 in that neighborhood (on 14th near Northrup) in a less grand, but similarly isolated, house with PSC (!) roommates. (@picasso No tears when that came down.) In the rear was our landlord, a hardware distributor, and to the north was the Nehalem Valley Motor Freight terminal. A foundry was across the street. We paid $65 a month (total!) plus utilities. Usually very quiet in spite of the industrial operations.
Too bad about the Victorian. It was a “beaut,” But as ssssteven points out, the tall building in the background, now known as the Carlton Court Condos, is still there. The red and white car parked in the street looks like one my Dad owned about that time (a Ford Fairlane perhaps?).
As mentioned by Marshall the building to the right is Chown Hardware who built and opened at that location at 333 NW 16th in 1947. In 1962 they expanded to the property where this house is located at 315 NW 16th. This house was Epworth United Methodist Japanese church from circa 1946-1952 until they built a new church that remains today at 1333 SE 28th. The churches website has a photo of the congregation gathered in front of this building in 1950.
Excerpt from the Oregonian 11/9/1951
As in previous years for the annual bazaar of Epworth Methodist church, Japanese dishes will be featured. The bazaar will be Saturday from 12:30 to 7:30 pm at the church, 315 NW 16th ave. On the menu will be such dishes as udon, ohagi, and osushi and also chow mein.
56 Chev. That was back in the day when you tried to talk Dad into buying a two door. LOL.
Everybody drove Chevy’s in this neighborhood.
@610guns: Not all Chevs. We owned a 54 Ford station wagon that we parked in front of our place on 14th. There was never a parking problem. The four of us drove it on a Sept. 66 camping trip to southern CA and back.
Vintage Portland 
This is all the Chown Hardware building now
Not even going to try to embed a street view but that brick building with the “slot” in it is the Carlton Court Building at 1631 NW Everett which is tucked into the SW corner of Chown.
If I was tasked with demolishing that house I think I’d shed a tear or two afterwards.
I lived for a while in ’66 in that neighborhood (on 14th near Northrup) in a less grand, but similarly isolated, house with PSC (!) roommates. (@picasso No tears when that came down.) In the rear was our landlord, a hardware distributor, and to the north was the Nehalem Valley Motor Freight terminal. A foundry was across the street. We paid $65 a month (total!) plus utilities. Usually very quiet in spite of the industrial operations.
Too bad about the Victorian. It was a “beaut,” But as ssssteven points out, the tall building in the background, now known as the Carlton Court Condos, is still there. The red and white car parked in the street looks like one my Dad owned about that time (a Ford Fairlane perhaps?).
As mentioned by Marshall the building to the right is Chown Hardware who built and opened at that location at 333 NW 16th in 1947. In 1962 they expanded to the property where this house is located at 315 NW 16th. This house was Epworth United Methodist Japanese church from circa 1946-1952 until they built a new church that remains today at 1333 SE 28th. The churches website has a photo of the congregation gathered in front of this building in 1950.
Excerpt from the Oregonian 11/9/1951
As in previous years for the annual bazaar of Epworth Methodist church, Japanese dishes will be featured. The bazaar will be Saturday from 12:30 to 7:30 pm at the church, 315 NW 16th ave. On the menu will be such dishes as udon, ohagi, and osushi and also chow mein.
56 Chev. That was back in the day when you tried to talk Dad into buying a two door. LOL.
Everybody drove Chevy’s in this neighborhood.
@610guns: Not all Chevs. We owned a 54 Ford station wagon that we parked in front of our place on 14th. There was never a parking problem. The four of us drove it on a Sept. 66 camping trip to southern CA and back.