The Martin Mayo Building at 2401 NE Union (now MLK) was built in 1912. The building has seen many changes over the years. Notice the differences in the front entryway. This picture was taken 10/2007.
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Martin Mayo Building Then and Now
Posted in Then and Now on October 4, 2007 |
John F Wilson – Builder of Quality Homes in Eliot
Posted in People on October 3, 2007 |
In our neighborhood full of wonderful old homes, we often wonder who the actual builder was that put his design and energy into these buildings. Many of the skilled men who actually built our homes also lived inside Eliot. Some of them were masters at the design as well as the carpentry. John F. Wilson [...]
Hill Block Then and Now
Posted in Then and Now on October 3, 2007 |
The Hill Block Building was built by Charles H. Hill, Albina’s first mayor. Located at the corner of Russell and Williams it was at the center of the business district for Albina. Though somewhat depressed the building thrived into the 1960′s. In the late 1960’s, Emanuel Hospital planned to build a 19-acre health campus around [...]
Thomas Lamb Eliot
Posted in People on April 29, 2007 |
The former Eliot school, now the Matt Dishman Center , was named after Thomas Lamb Eliot. Like many Portland neighborhoods, Eliot neighborhood was named after the school. The following is a history of Thomas Lamb Eliot from the The Harvard Square Library website.
Eliot – The Making of a Neighborhood
Posted in Neighborhood on April 16, 2007 |
Written by Carol Kennedy April 1998 The Eliot neighborhood, located in northeast Portland, Oregon, is locally significant as the original town site, of the City of Albina. Of the many communities that ultimately merged to form the present City of Portland, the City of Albina occupies a distinct niche in the city’s history. No other [...]
Historic Hibernian Hall
Posted in Buildings on April 16, 2007 |
Today’s Wonder Ballroom was built by The Ancient Order of Hibernians, a group committed to immigration reform, civil rights for those of Irish descent and the preservation of the old Irish culture. Designed by the architecture firm of Jacobberger & Smith, the hall was completed on schedule and the first meeting was held in the [...]
The City of Albina and the Eliot Neighborhood
Posted in Neighborhood on April 16, 2007 |
The following is an excerpt from Portland’s Adopted Eliot Neighborhood Plan 1993 pages 9 – 11. The following discussion is from several sources. “History of the Albina Community,” a document produced by the 1990 Comprehensive Planning Workshop graduate students at Portland State University (PSU) formed the basis for this discussion. The workshop is a core [...]
The History of the Church at Ivy and Rodney
Posted in Buildings on April 16, 2007 |
Like the Eliot Neighborhood in general the church at the corner of Ivy Street and Rodney Avenue has a long and rich history. In 1890 the Trinity German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Albina was founded by the German missionary Reverend Edward Doering. The first church building, including a school in the daylight basement, was on [...]
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