Southeast Portland’s ‘Versailles’ mansion is for sale at $2.85 million
Updated Jan 22, 2021;
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Portland’s economy was booming at the turn of the last century, fueled by newcomers lured in by the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and longtime land barons filling fields with much-needed housing.
As more than a quarter-million passengers on city streetcars crossed the Willamette River each day to work and shop, newly minted electricians were busy wiring homes and installing simple refrigerators into cottages and Craftsman bungalows.
Wealthy residents were busy, too, erecting storied estates during the city’s golden era of architecture.
In 1914, publisher and entrepreneur Henry Pittock’s mansion, a French Renaissance Revival-style chateau, rose on a northwest bluff overlooking the young city.
Harold Godtland September 20, 1925-January 4, 2021 After a long, remarkable, productive life, Harold "Pete" Godtland died peacefully at the age of 95 in the loving embrace of three of his daughters.
Black Christmas A DIARY story about a wacky Christmas pullover reminds reader Tim Nelson of the time he went to a party in December where everyone had been told to turn up wearing the most over-the-top Christmas jumper they owned. Tim spotted knitwear with Santa and Rudolph emblazoned across the front. Also jerseys with elves and fir trees. One chap stood out. He wore a black polo neck jumper devoid of any frivolous festive imagery. “Aren’t you meant to be wearing something Christmassy?” enquired Tim. “I am,” replied the chap in the black polo neck. “This is exactly the sort of jumper that an existentialist wears at Christmas.”