On December 6, a newly renovated 1907 Foursquare home in Northeast Portland sold for its amended asking price of $985,000.
The home on Northeast Clackamas Street was listed for $1,050,000 in May, but two months later, the price was reduced by $65,000.
Agent for listingsThe Foursquare house is situated in the Sullivan’s Gulch neighborhood, which Joe Spanish of Windermere Realty Trust described as a hidden gem in the Grant High School catchment area.
The neighborhood offers a range of housing options, including apartments, townhouses, condos, and single-family homes, but according to Spanish, it tends to draw fewer buyers and is frequently disregarded by the larger market.
That’s not justified, in my opinion,” Spanish told The Oregonian/OregonLive. Irvington is only three streets north, and the neighborhood has great local amenities. This house would certainly be worth $1.2 million if it were situated there.
Redfin, an online real estate marketplace, discovered that the typical sale price in Sullivan’s Gulch was $294,750 in November 2024, a 17.6% drop from the previous year.
According to Redfin, in November 2024, the typical sale price in Portland’s sIrvington area, which is primarily made up of single-family homes, was $837,375, a 1.5% drop from the previous year.
Ash Amstutz of Urban Nest Realty represented the buyer of the Foursquare.
The 3,666-square-foot house features a wood-burning fireplace in the living room and a Scandinavian-style staircase leading to the third story, which is finished and has skylights. The main suite features a bathroom with a soaking tub and walk-in shower, as well as closet and laundry areas. An additional 1.5 baths and three bedrooms are available.
There is still work to be done in the basement. According to Spanish, a partially completed studio in the backyard provides a creative area or possible guest suite.
The 5,662-square-foot lot’s landscaped backyard and side yard with irrigated raised planter beds are accessible from the Ipe wood porch.
Portland s Foursquare houses
Joe Spanish of Windermere Realty Trust is offering for sale a 1907 Foursquare home located at 2229 N.E. Clackamas St. in Northeast Portland.The Windermere Realty Trust
Two timeless home styles, the Craftsman and Foursquare, were introduced by Portland’s population surge and building boom, which were brought on by the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in 2005. Both were functional, sparsely furnished, and very different from elaborate homes of the Victorian era.
Some of the city s builderscombined the sturdy Craftsman, fronted by a welcoming covered porch with an interior dressed in polished local lumber, and the straight-forward Foursquare, which as the name implies, is a boxy style typically with each level divided into four rooms. Because people valued the greater interior areas, other builders solely used the Foursquare layout.
The Foursquare proliferated in Portland and across the country, thanks to mail-order retailerSears, Roebuck and Co. offering it among its house plansand building kits that were shipped by rail to the site. The American Foursquare is called a Midwest Cube and a square house in other regions.
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Janet Eastman writes on trends and design. You can follow her on X@janeteastman and contact her at 503-294-4072 and [email protected].
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