Update: 1900 Sunnyside Home Torn Down, Lot Cleared

PORTLAND, Ore. – A 115-year-old home in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Southeast Portland has been demolished to be replaced with multiple new houses.

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Photo credit: Portland Chronicle

The house, reported on by the Portland Chronicle in May, was located at 4233 SE Yamhill St. and was built in 1900. It sat on a 7,500-square-foot lot.

There are no recent sales on record, with city, county and permit records listing Marie Charbonneau as the owner of the property. However, a recent Redfin sales record shows the house sold for $512,500 on June 5. This is nearly $70,000 higher than the asking price of $445,000 Redfin recorded in April.

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Photo credit: Portland Chronicle

Although the 7,500-square-foot site is located in an R2.5 zone that would seemingly allow construction of three new houses, developer Renaissance Custom Homes has applied for two construction permits, each a two-story single-family residence with an attached garage.

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Dividing the property into multiple lots did not require a new land division process — which has a public comment period, requires city staff to notify neighbors and can be appealed — but was rather done through reopening underlying lots on the property, a more and more common practice in neighborhoods citywide.

Both construction permits are still under review.

A portable toilet was placed on the sidewalk obstructing the public right-of-way following the demolition.

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For more information about right-of-way obstructions, visit the Portland Bureau of Transportation.