Ladd's Addition
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Ladd's Addition Historic District
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Brick map of Ladd's Addition at the corner of SE 34th Avenue and SE Madison Street
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| Location: | Portland, Oregon |
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| Coordinates: | 45°30′31″N 122°38′58″W / 45.5085°N 122.6495°WCoordinates: 45°30′31″N 122°38′58″W / 45.5085°N 122.6495°W |
| Area: | 126 acres (0.51 km2) |
| Built: | 1905–1930[1] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 88001310 |
| Added to NRHP: | August 31, 1988 |
Ladd's Addition is an inner southeast neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is Portland's oldest planned residential development, and one of the oldest in the western United States.[1] The neighborhood is known in Portland for a diagonal street pattern, which is at odds with the rectilinear grid of the surrounding area. Roughly eight blocks (east-west) by ten blocks (north-south) in size (by reference to the surrounding grid), Ladd's is bordered by SE Hawthorne, Division, 12th, and 20th streets. It is part of the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood association.
Ladd's Addition is named after William S. Ladd, a merchant and mid-19th-century Portland mayor who owned a 126-acre (51 ha) farm on the land.[2] In 1891 (when the city of East Portland was merged into Portland) Ladd subdivided the land for residential use.[1] Rather than follow the standard orthogonal grid of the surrounding area, Ladd, inspired by the L'Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C.,[2] created a diagonal "wagon wheel" arrangement, including four small diamond-shaped rose gardens and a central traffic circle surrounding a park. It is also one of the few neighborhoods in Portland with alleys, with street elevations mostly uninterrupted by curb cuts.[1]
The homes in the neighborhood, mostly developed between 1905 and 1930 (after Ladd's death), have been called a "architecturally rich mix of compatible early 20th century styles", notable for their "continuity of scale, setback, orientation, and materials."[1] Architectural styles represented include bungalow, craftsman, American Foursquare, Mission, Tudor, and Colonial Revival.[1]
The narrow streets of Ladd's Addition are lined with American Elm trees. The Save Our Elms organization inoculates the elm trees yearly for Dutch elm disease.[3] Each of the four smaller, diamond-shaped "circles" to the east, west, north, and south contains one of Portland's rose test gardens.[4] Friends of Ladd's Addition Gardens regularly solicits money and volunteers to maintain the rose gardens.[5]
The neighborhood was designated a historic district by the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[6]
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References [edit]
- General references
- Portland Monthly, April 2007, 20 Best Neighborhoods, pages 78–79.
- Citations
- ^ a b c d e f "Community History - Ladd's Addition, Portland". Illustrating Four Treatments in Oregon. National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ a b "Ladd Circle Park & Rose Gardens". Portland Parks & Recreation. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ "History of Save Our Elms". Retrieved 2007-08-30.
- ^ "Ladd's Addition Rose Garden". Portland Rose Festival Association. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
- ^ "Friends of Ladd's Addition Gardens". laddsadditiongardens.com. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
- ^ "Oregon National Register List". oregon.gov. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
External links [edit]
Media related to Ladd's Addition, Portland, Oregon at Wikimedia Commons
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