Those Places Thursday: 4510 NE Alameda, 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 4510 NE Alameda St, on the corner of NE Wiberg Lane (click on each image to view it larger):




The first mention I found of the house was an article in the May 20, 1934 Oregonian, called "Four Projects Advance," about building permits issued the previous week.  It includes this:  "Frank A. Read will build a two-story house costing $7500 at 4510 Northeast Alameda,...Plans were prepared by E. T. Pape..."

Here is the plumbing permit from PortlandMaps, dated June 18, 1934.  The house originally had two bathrooms.

This house is listed in the Oregon Historic Sites Database and the City of Portland Historic Resource Inventory as the Frank A. and Mae Read House, although it doesn't appear that they ever lived there.  The Inventory categorizes the Tudor Revival house as architecturally significant, and lists the following special features and materials:

Steeply pitched irregular hip roof.  Mock half-timbering and brick exterior.  Leaded-glass windows.  Gabled dormer.  Brackets.  Curvilinear arched entrance.  Stepped chimney.

The photo below is from the Inventory and was probably taken about May 1981:

Despite its location on a corner, it was hard to see much of this house, due to the landscaping, including a tall hedge along the side.  An article in the July 23, 1939 Oregonian indicated that P[ier] D. Rollandet (who lived in the house from about 1938 to about 1942) won first prize in the amateur division that week in the Oregonian's "Outdoor Living" contest.  The article stated,

Mr. Rollandet's terrace is located next to the back porch of his home and is bounded by a tall hedge.  A short flight of steps leads from the terrace to stepping stones on the broad lawn.  A feature...is a tall, perfectly shaped tulip tree, which provides shade for the terrace.

A real estate ad in the February 1, 1942 Oregonian indicates that the house had four bedrooms, one downstairs and three upstairs, with a bathroom on each floor, and a "spacious entry."

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