The one-hundred-year-old neighborhood of Laurelhurst was purchased in 1909 by the Laurelhurst Company from the Ladd Estate Company. The 427 acres had been used for farming and raising Jersey cattle before it became one of Portland’s first planned sub-divisions.
A streetcar traveled on NE Glisan Street from downtown to Coe Circle at NE 39th Ave, where a statue of Joan of Arc still reigns over the traffic circle. The statue was built as a WWI war memorial.
Just 10 minutes to downtown, Laurelhurst is both a quiet sanctuary from the city and a short trip to all that city life has to offer. The 1,756 homes are mostly bungalow, four-square (called Old Portland homes,) English, and Mediterranean in style.
The art deco Laurelhurst Theater, built in 1932, was a close-by hub of culture. It is now a renovated movie theater where you can indulge in pizza and beer while enjoying a movie.
31-acre Laurelhurst Park features a three-acre pond that was once spring-fed, and now includes a large population of ducks.
The boundaries of the Laurelhurst neighborhood are NE Sandy to SE Stark St, NE and SE 32nd Avenue to NE and SE 44th Avenue. It is a residential-only neighborhood, and has an active Neighborhood Association with an interest in land use, transportation, traffic, trees, clean-up, environment, and community safety.
Close-in proximity to downtown
Curvy, tree-lined streets
Lovely historic homes from the 1920s and 1930s
Community feeling among neighbors
Gorgeous, 31-acre park
Short walk to many restaurants, coffee shops, movie theater
Uniform zoning code of R5 (Apartment buildings disallowed)
Easy freeway access and proximity to airport
Close to a MAX line stop at NE 42nd Ave
Laurelhurst Neighborhood Association
Southeast Portland Neighborhoods Coalition
Laurelhurst Annual Art Walk
Laurelhurst Neighborhood Garage Sale