Owner Intends to Demolish $665,000 Northwest Home

Part of a series on 2486 NW Raleigh St.

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PORTLAND, Ore. – A 110-year-old home in the Northwest District may be demolished to make way for a new house with an accessory dwelling unit.

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The 1904 house, located at 2486 NW Raleigh, totals 2,256 square feet in size and contains three stories.

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In June the property sold. The sale price was $665,000. This is the most expensive property purchased for demolition the Portland Chronicle has reported on. The next closest is a home in Eastmoreland, which sold for $495,000.

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On Dec. 3 the city sent out a Notice of a Type II Proposal regarding development on the property. “The applicant is working with the property owner to demolish the existing house at 2486 NW Raleigh Street, and construct a new house with internal accessory dwelling unit (ADU) at the site,” says the notice (emphasis added).

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The property owner is listed as the James F. Baldwin Trust, registered at 4645 SW Fairview Blvd. It was previously owned by Matthew and Kathryn Labadie until the sale last spring.

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The applicant on the development is Trevor Lewis of William Kaven Architecture, registered at 4080 N Williams Ave., Suite 100.

In 2009 William Kaven Architecture designed a single family residence at 2042 N Skidmore Court that was built by Rainier Pacific Development.

William Kaven Architecture designed this home on N Skidmore Court in 2009. Photo credit: Modern Home Tours.

The proposal for the NW development lists an “interested party,” David Carter, registered at the same address as the James F. Baldwin Trust.

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As part of the Type II Proposal, the applicant is seeking to reduce required setbacks for the design of the new structure.

Plans for the proposed house submitted with the Type II application.

Mark Walhood, the city planner in overseeing this development, has requested written comments from the public be submitted by 5 p.m. Dec. 24. The city will publish its decision 28 days from Dec. 3.

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A Stop the Demolition of Portland Homes sign is displayed in front of the 110-year-old home.

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