107-Year-Old Woodlawn Home Slated for Tear-Down

PORTLAND, Ore. – A house built in 1908 in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Northeast Portland will be torn down to make way for a single new residential unit.

The 107-year-old house, located at 1722 NE Liberty St., totals 1,060 square feet in size and sits on a 5,000-square-foot standard lot.

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On Sept. 25 the county recorded a sale of the property from Kenneth Emra to Sunset View LLC for $250,000. The house had most recently sold before that in 2000 for $65,000.

A real estate listing described the one-story house as a “charming home” with a “large living room (with) lots of natural light.”

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The listing also offers photos that provide a glimpse into the house’s interior condition.

Photo credit: Redfin listing

Photo credit: Redfin listing

Four days after the county recorded the sale the Bureau of Development Services received an application to demolish the 107-year-old house. The intake states the permit would be subject to a required “special inspection,” but does not offer further details on what that would entail.

The applicant on the demolition is Oleg Pilipenko of Crescent Custom Homes LLC, which also serves as the contractor.

Sunset View LLC is registered to Crescent Custom Homes LLC in Happy Valley. Crescent Custom Homes LLC is registered to Alisa and Calvin Baty.

The 5,000-square-foot lot is located in an R5 zone without any underlying lot lines, meaning a single new residence is the maximum that can be constructed on the site.

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On the same day the demolition application was submitted the city received an application for a new two-story residence with a detached garage. This sort of one-for-one replacement home would once have negated the demolition delay and notification requirement, but since April all residential-zoned single-family home demolitions have been covered by the delay requirement.

The delay will likely expire Nov. 3.