'Ostercraft' Residence Replaces Razed 1903 Sellwood Home

Part of a series on 1144 SE Miller St.

‘Ostercraft’ Residence Replaces Razed 1903 Sellwood Home

Sellwood Home, 112-Years-Old, Razed for Replacement House

PORTLAND, Ore. – A 112-year-old single-family home demolished in February in the Sellwood neighborhood has been replaced with the construction of a single new residence.

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The former house, located at 1144 SE Miller St. and reported on by the Portland Chronicle in February, was built in 1903 and demolished in 2015. It totaled 1,182 square feet and sat on a 3,600-square-foot lot.

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In 2013 the home sold to Oregon Homeworks LLC for $255,000. In early December 2014 the city received an application for new construction of a two-story single-family residence with an attached garage.

Oregon Homeworks LLC is registered to Eric Thompson with its principal place of business listed at 10940 SW Barnes Road #339.

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The contractor on the new house is Jeremy Osterholm of Ostercraft Homes Inc.

Down the street from the new construction several houses display yard signs stating, “Stop construction of giant homes … save historic Sellwood.”

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