Restored 1883 Italianate house in SE Portland for sale at $1,350,000 gets fast offer – OregonLive

All over Portland, since the population boom in the early 1900s, large old houses have been divided to create apartments. Heres a twist: A Victorian-era dwelling that had been converted into a fourplex has been restored, from the basement to the suite in the former attic, to connect all 4,223 square feet of living space.

The 1883 Italianate-style house at 2805 S.E. 28th Ave. in the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood was listed for sale on April 13 at $1,350,000. Six days later, an offer was accepted.

Multiple bonus rooms and flex spaces ... porches and nooks to explore throughout the house, says listing agent Gregory Sobotka of Think Real Estate.

Portland design-build firm Arciform renovated the house in phases while preserving its original architecture and timeless craftsmanship. Most notable: A window created by Povey Brothers Art Glass Works, Oregons first decorative window company, known as the Tiffany of the Northwest.

All the existing windows were repaired, re-glazed and received new ropes and pulleys, and storm windows were installed, says Sobotka.

Among the preserved intricate woodworking is a staircase built with contouring banisters from the main level to second-floor landing.

The house with 12-foot-high ceilings has a new kitchen, butlers pantry, seating areas fronting bay windows plus five bedrooms and three bathrooms.

The elevated, 7,405-square-foot, landscaped and fenced lot has views of Portlands skyline.

Before Portland created a uniformed street name and address system in the 1930s, the house for sale was at 545 E. 28th Street.

The original owner, Menzo J. Morse, was born in 1847 in New York and served as a teenager in the 64th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the Union Army during the Civil War.

He and his wife, Amelia E. Hunter, and their daughter, Eva, moved to Portland in 1880, where Morse owned the Oregon Picture Frame manufacturing company and was a circuit court bailiff, according to his obituary.

Morse was a member of Portlands Grand Army of the Republic Post 1 fraternal organization and was one of 14 founders of the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery in Southwest Portland. He died at age 74 and was buried at the cemetery.

Historians say Salmon Brown, son of abolitionist leader John Brown, and Hartwell B. Compson, who received the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Civil War and was Brigadier General of the Oregon National Guard, were also buried at the historic cemetery.

Janet Eastman | 503-294-4072

jeastman@oregonian.com | @janeteastman

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