105-Year-Old Creston Home to Be Leveled

PORTLAND, Ore. – A single-family home in the Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood of Southeast Portland will be razed after 105 years, with plans unclear for what will replace it on the property.

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Located at 3836 SE 26th Ave., the house was built in 1910 and sits on a 10,000-square-foot corner lot. It is one story tall and totals 1,476-square-feet in size.

On Sept. 14 the county recorded a sale of the house and lot for $500,000 to Crescent Custom Homes LLC, registered to Alisa and Calvin Baty in Happy Valley. The Portland Chronicle has reported on demolition projects by this residential real estate company in the Eastmoreland and Woodlawn neighborhoods.

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Just over a month later the Bureau of Development Services received an application for demolition of the house and its small garage.

The permit is subject to the 35-day delay standard on residential demolitions.

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In late September the developer applied to confirm two underlying lots on the property, suggesting those lots will be reopened for new development. However, the property sits in an R2.5 zone, meaning there can be one house per 2,500 square feet of land in new property divisions, indicating the zoning would allow for at least four new residences on the 10,000-square-foot parcel.

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So far no construction applications have been submitted. The demolition delay will likely expire Dec. 4.

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The house is located on the edge of the Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood’s border with the Brooklyn neighborhood, and is directly across the street from the Fred Meyer headquarters complex.

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