8/8/2023 0 Comments Tank in homedale park![]() The address given–725 Fremont–is from Portland’s old addressing system and translates into the NE corner of 21st and Fremont. The Irvington Dairy operated from a barn situated at the northeast corner of NE 21st and Fremont from the 1890s until 1916 when a catastrophic fire destroyed much of the herd and the barn.įrom the Oregon Journal, January 11, 1916. Ferguson, president of the Alameda Land Company which owned land just up the hill. Not coincidentally, Munley was son-in-law of E.Z. Barron bought the future Homedale property in 1905 for $6,500 and kept it in agricultural use with an eye to eventual development, but market conditions didn’t make that worthwhile until the 1920s. The once and future orchard, near NE 19th and Mason, December 2018. We’ve wondered about this: are isolated apple trees from the early orchard days still out there scattered across this part of the neighborhood? Can any readers confirm? In a happy coincidence, the Sabin Community Association has planted a small orchard of young trees near NE 19th and Mason, on ground that probably once was part of the old orchard: “There was another farmhouse set back a considerable distance from the street more or less in the eastern part of the orchard, and a barn was situated opposite the end of 23rd Avenue.” This house dated back to the 1890s or before and people lived there in apparent comfort in a rural setting, yet in the midst of modern houses that in all directions.” The trees grew right down to the edge of the Fremont Street walk and there were several old buildings on the place, residential and otherwise, including a large farmhouse painted light brown which was located close to Fremont in the vicinity of 21st Avenue. “Before 19 when city lots were staked out, much of this was an apple orchard, the remnants of which can still be seen in some back yards. ![]() Read on, from local resident Rod Paulson written in January 1976: We’ve come across several interesting descriptions that will feed your curiosity and the way you think about this landscape. While today it’s an orderly grid of streets and homes dating from 1922, less than 100 years ago the sloping landscape just below Alameda ridge that you see here was an important part of Portland’s eastside agriculture. We’ve created a category here on the blog ( The Plats) to hold our ongoing exploration of these stories. We all live somewhere in a plat and each has its own unique story, players and moment in history. Think of a plat as a road map filed by developers for organizing property into individual lots and streets (read more about the relationship between plats and neighborhoods here). Here’s a look at the geography.ĭetail from the Homedale Plat, filed in 1921. Today, it’s considered part of the Alameda neighborhood. Homedale is the name of the property plat-once part of an orchard and dairy-that occupies the landscape bounded roughly by Fremont and Ridgewood, between NE 19th and NE 24th. If you know these neighbors, pass along this photo…they might enjoy seeing their houses 100 years ago. This view looks north the houses in the center and on the right are still there on the north side of Prescott. Sections of the new tank are carefully stacked in readiness at the edge of the site.The men with the two-wheeled wheelbarrows (called Jersey buckets) are wheeling the fresh concrete across the plank ramps as the pour begins. ![]() The men on the far left are shoveling from a pile of rock into the mixer to make the concrete.The steam donkey is belching dark smoke, meaning it’s working hard to turn the mixer.The engineers are there in their coats and ties with their instrument and tripod to keep everything on the level and in the right place.The concrete forms for the new tower foundation have been intricately prepared.This was undoubtedly a big day on the job: Have a good look:Ĭourtesy of City of Portland Archives, A2008-009 Such is the case today: It’s a photo from the summer of 1920 showing construction of the concrete base for the one-million gallon Vernon tank that replaced the old standpipe, which is looming over the whole scene at NE 19th and Prescott. Sometimes after you think you’ve found enough to be able to understand a thing, you come across another nugget that adds perspective. The reality, of course, is that research is never really done.
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