Those Places Thursday: 3214 NE U. S. Grant Place, Portland, Oregon - An Ewald Pape Design

Here is another house that was definitely designed by my architect first-cousin-twice-removed, Ewald Theodore Pape (1894-1976), in Portland, Oregon, in 1931.  This one is located at 3214 NE U. S. Grant Place, but unfortunately I only have this one color photograph of it (click on each image to view it larger):




An article in the September 16, 1931, Oregonian titled "$12,500 Home Planned" read "The city bureau of buildings yesterday issued a permit for the construction of a $12,500 residence at 960 U. S. Grant place for A. D. Dalz [sic] on plans prepared by E. T. Pape.  The builder will be F. B. Turner."

Eight days later, a plumbing permit (below, from PortlandMaps) was issued:

The house is in the Portland Historic Resource Inventory and the Oregon Historic Sites Database as the A. D. Daly House, but sometime between February 1934 and February 1935, the Daly family moved out and the family of veterinarian and rosarian Dr. William Elmer Ruggles (1903-2003) moved in.  William and Edna Ruggles were still there in May 1981 when the Historic Resource Inventory was done.  It's possible they were the sellers in early 1996 - Edna died later that year.

The Inventory describes the house as English Cottage style with "Hip roof with side gable.  Brick and stucco on exterior walls.  Multi-light [pane] windows.  Partially-recessed entry porch with gable roof supported by decorative wood posts.  Triangular bay [on upper level] with tent roof and pendant."

A description from a real estate ad in 2015 says, "Formal entry w/open staircase, grand sized living room w/French Doors to deck. Nicely updated kitchen w/nook. Mahogany woodwork, leaded windows, hardwoods & period fixtures add to the charm throughout this home. 3+ bdrms up with room to add master bath. Over-sized lot."


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