- Woodlawn Home Razed for Single Residence
- 107-Year-Old Woodlawn Home Slated for Tear-Down
PORTLAND, Ore. – After standing for 107 years in the Woodlawn neighborhood, a house built in 1908 has been demolished to make way for a single new residential unit.
Located at 1722 NE Liberty St., the razed house totaled 1,060 square feet in size on a 5,000-square-foot standard lot.
Photo credit: Portland Chronicle
Photo credit: Portland Chronicle
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.”
Four days after the county recorded the sale the Bureau of Development Services received an application to demolish the 107-year-old house. 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.
Photo credit: Portland Chronicle
Photo credit: Portland Chronicle
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. On the same day the demolition application was submitted the city received an application for a new two-story residence with a detached garage.
The demolition permit was issued Dec. 18 and the house has since been torn down.