South Tabor 3

On this day I walked from 67th to 73rd, Division to Woodard. This neighborhood includes several of my absolute favorite blocks in Portland. As a realtor, I'm always pleased to take listings or help buyers in this area as the houses are of outstanding quality, great square footage and style for the price, and run the gamut of styles even within the mid-century timeline.

Mostly built in the 1950's and early 60's, the houses are primarily large standard hipped roofed ranches with full basements (and sometime swimming pools!) or modern ranches of post and beam construction with vaulted beamed ceiling and nifty mod kitchens, placed on tidy blocks with a view of Mt. Tabor. Houses in this neighborhood are coveted and sell quickly. They may not have walkability, but they sure have a nice view!

Six month sales run from $198K to $311K. The tracts include Crater View, Raschio's Addition, Eastleigh, Parkdale, Dawn View, Bottemiller, Jones-n-Fite, Irmington, Anjelesa. 

Mt. Tabor 2 - SE Quad, (SE)

Yesterday, I decided to hit the long blocks from Division to Hawthorne, starting at 51st and ending at 59th. This area is considered Mt. Tabor Neighborhood and is essentially the SE foothills.  Sadly, my phone/camera died as I got to about 57th...

The houses are mostly 1910's-40's Bungalows, Arts & Crafts, English, Cape Cod, Italianate, Gothic Farmhouse, a ranch here or there, but mostly Bungalow..  This is a very sweet, coveted neighborhood. It is near enough to the fun on Hawthorne to benefit, but far enough not to hear it. Division makes a great throrougfare and Franklin High is nearby.  It is fairly densly built up - not a ton of space between houses and rather small lots, but the proximity to Mt. Tabor makes up for it. "There seems to be every reason why a portion, at least, of Mount Tabor should be taken as a public park. It is the only important landscape feature for miles around, and the population in its vicinity is destined to be fairly dense. It is already a good deal resorted to by people for their Sunday and holiday outings, and it will be better known to and more visited by the citizens as time goes on. . . .There can be little doubt that public sentiment will cordially support the city government in acquiring considerable land on this prominent and beautiful hill." (Olmsted Brothers "Report of the Park Board," 1903). Some of the older homes are built on expansive lots, but they are a rarity for theses chosen blocks. Below in the pictures, you will see what I believe to be one of the older homes in the area - it is a Gothic style Farmhouse with traditionally svelte windows and was likely a farm before it platted it's property into relative unimportance. The streets themselves are on very long blocks which leads to light traffic,  many trees, and there is obviously a good deal of pride of ownership.

The tracts are Sewickly Addition, Jackson Place, Nixon Terrace, Buehner's Addition, Grasmere, Hutchinson's Addition, Crystal Springs Park, Groveland Park, 51st Street Addition, Waconda, Second Electric Addition,

Nine month's historical sales prices go from $214 - $505K.