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The Ladd Carriage House served its
original purpose for only the first 44 years of its existence. By
1924, the Ladd family no longer needed to maintain horses at their
estate, and two years later the family sold their downtown house and the
Carriage House site to developers. The Ladd descendants had long
before moved to Dunthorpe. Each subsequent owner has put a stamp on
the Carriage House in the intervening years, with doors and windows
removed or replaced, and the interior drastically altered. The
photo at the lower right of this Chronology overview shows the LCH in
the mid 1920's being converted from a barn to retail spaces and offices.
Especially notable is the fire in 1968, which resulted in the loss of
much original material on the north face of the building. |
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From the 19th Century through the middle
of the 20th, the Sanborne Fire Insurance Company published maps that
detailed the layout and materials of every building in Portland (and
nearly all other major cities in the US). These maps have been
digitized and are available to card holders at the Multnomah County
Library. The Sanborn maps of the Carriage House clearly show the
alterations and additions to the building over the years. The
greatest amount of alternation has occurred on the west side of the
building, where a variety of sheds, buggy storage, and other accessory
buildings have been constructed and replaced. Most recently, the
annex on the west side which had been added in 1909 as an automobile
garage and later served as offices for the First Christian Church, was
removed just prior to the building's move to its temporary quarters. |
NOTE: As provided to FOLCH, this material did not include
written or printed commentary on the images.
The accompanying commentary on the pages is provide by FOLCH, which is solely
responsible for any errors or omissions.
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