SE 28th Place near Hawthorne

Edit: I found a Sandborn map from 1924 which shows Kenilworth street. It is located just left of the mouse pointer.

If you look at the sidewalks South of Hawthorne on 28th Place, you will notice it says “Kenilworth Ave”. According to Portland Parks and Recreation, the name comes from a neighborhood to the South which includes Holgate and Gladstone streets called “Creston-Kenilworth”. The picture above is in front of a school near Division St. on 28th place, which doesn’t place it within the neighborhood. I can’t seem to find any old maps of the area (or anywhere else above 20th for that matter) which details how long of a street it originally was, but the street was renamed in 1931 to 28th Pl.

Supposedly, the name Kenilworth came from the title of a romantic book series by Sir Walter Scott. He wrote such hits as: Ivanhoe, Lady of the Lake, and Rob Roy. Here I was thinking that I may have stumbled upon another lesser known Portland merchant to research. Other streets within the district are named for characters by Scott.