Eastmoreland

Eastmoreland

Eastmoreland- History

Eastmoreland
Portland, Oregon

If Reed College is to your north, the golf course and Southern Pacific Railroad to your west, and Johnson Creek to your south, you have found the southeast neighborhood of Eastmoreland.

Like many neighborhoods east of the Willamette, the land that became Eastmoreland originally belonged to William S. Ladd, one of Portland's early entrepreneurs and its fifth mayor. Ladd called this section of his holdings Crystal Springs Farm. Ladd and later his son, William M. Ladd, wisely held on to property until they judged a particularly ripe time for residential development had come.

For Eastmoreland, that time arrived in 1910 when W. M. Ladd donated 40 acres to an old business partner of his father's to form Reed College. The college, he felt, would draw homeowners interested in a stately community similar to those they may have recently left in Boston and parts East. Ladd commissioned a plan for 1,270 homesites. The name Eastmoreland distinguished the neighborhood and yet connected it to the new Westmoreland development lying across the railroad tracks.

Unfortunately, sales did not meet expectations. Even the donation of 150 acres to the city to build a course for the new craze - golf - did not attract enough residents. As a consequence, Eastmoreland homes show a wide range of architectural styles: Tudors, Colonials, stone, and stucco. Many are traditional style homes built in the 1920's and 1930's. Lovely and gracious. Home of Reed College.


Today the neighborhood is well established and very stable: of 1500 lots, only six may be empty. But Eastmoreland residents do not consider their neighborhood done growing. They are participating in the Friends of Trees program to reforest urban areas and by the end of this year, will have planted 173 trees. Residents are also deepening their ties with Reed College. The college has begun publishing events schedules to neighborhood residents and taking residents' advice on college development and building issues. Residents are also working with TriMet on its proposal to site a light rail station at the Bybee overpass dividing East and Westmoreland.

Credit: Glenda Garland, Doug Greenberg, Loreen Officer
photo provided by Diana McCredie

Neighborhood Statistics

Eastmoreland

Population:
4,415

Area (acres):
729

Density (pp./acre):
6

Howeowners:
90%

Renters:
10%

# Households:
1,674

Pp./Household:
2.6

Source: U.S. Census 1996

About our association

Eastmoreland Neighborhood Association (ENA)

Eastmoreland Neighborhood Association (ENA) meets on the third Thursday of each month at 7 pm in the Duniway School library. Eastmoreland residents are always welcome. New officer elections are held in May at annual meeting. The association does not normally meet during the summer months of July and August.

Email us
info@eastmoreland.org

Links

ENA Website