SE 35th Place off Hawthorne

The boundaries of the different neighborhoods in SE have changed many times since the mid-1800s. Neighborhoods such as Sunnyside and Ladd’s Addition were plotted as real estate developments, similar to what happens in today’s suburbs. The difference is that these neighborhoods and others around Portland were built around streetcar. For example, when you look at the map from the SE 28th PL post, you see that Gladstone is an isolated area. So when you are heading up a street and it suddenly stops in the middle of a neighborhood, you know you probably hit an area that was once the boundary of a different community.

If you look at the map above, Marguerette Avenue is a street that seems to be in the middle of Se 37th Avenue and SE 35th Avenue. If you just draw a straight line down 37th, you notice that Marguerette is aligned with it until you hit Hawthorne, where it suddenly stops and shifts into 35th Avenue. One thing that becomes obvious is this whole area wasn’t plotted at the same time.

According to Multnomah County, Oregon GenWeb, a site that lists street name changes througout the century, “Marguerite” Ave became SE 35th PL in 1928, however according to the map above which is a Sanborn Map from 1901, the street’s name is actually “Marguerette Avenue” and looks like it is better suited as 37th. I’m not disputing the validity of the name change or location – I just think it points out how the shape of SE has changed over the years.

Anyway, the point? Marguerette Avenue + Marguerite Avenue + 37th + 35th = SE 35th PL.