PORTLAND, Ore. – A 111-year-old home in the Humboldt neighborhood of North Portland has been razed to make way for four townhouse units.
Located at 5737 N. Albina St., the house was built in 1904 and sat on a 5,000-square-foot lot. The house itself totaled 1,013 square feet in size.
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On April 27 the house and property sold to Kevin and Kristine Battey for $327,500. It had most recently sold prior to that in 1998 for $91,000.
On Oct. 13 the new owners applied for demolition of the 111-year-old house. The applicant was listed as Rand Pinson of Waechter Architecture.
On Oct. 27 the Bureau of Development Services received construction permit applications for four new townhouse units in two buildings, each three stories and each with an attached garage.
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The demolition permit was issued Dec. 14 and the house has since been demolished.
The property is located in an R1 zone which generally allows one residential unit per 1,000 square feet of land. The property has a “comp plan overlay” of “d,” which is not explained on PortlandMaps but likely indicates a design overlay zone is proposed in the comprehensive plan.
The design overlay zone “promotes the conservation, enhancement, and continued vitality of areas of the City with special scenic, architectural, or cultural value,” according to the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.