Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108O c t o b e r 2 0 1 6 9 3 House of the Month Postcards from the Edge By Colin W. Sargent Perched high on the Western Prom, the home of Portland’s former mayor is an enticing slice of history. H andsome 261 Western Prome- nade was designed in 1902 by not- ed Portland architect Frederick A. Tompson for the Forest City’s mayor, Ad- am Leighton. Mayor Leighton was riding high at the time, having earned considerable wealth as an early manufacturing developer of color postcards. He was the founder of “the first big picture postcard business in the Unit- ed States,” his granddaughter, the late Em- ily Niles of Tallahassee, Florida, told Port- land Monthly in 1996. “He developed them in 1888 and made a fortune when they were debuted at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. My grandfather was a Re- publican who was against alcohol, so I re- member our Christmases were dry.” Which is not to say they were boring. Emily recalled political rallies for her grand- father outside the house, where hundreds of Portlanders gathered on election eve. “They turned brooms upside down, and set them on fire. All my grandmother’s friends came in their little coupes with horses, to visit and to have tea. It was an entirely different, Vic- torian world.” Famous guests entertained here include Admiral Robert Peary, publishing million- aire Cyrus Curtis, and Australian soprano Nellie Melba. Upon entering the 17-room mansion, guests are treated to original matching Bac- carat chandeliers, capacious bay and bow windows with window seats, a walnut-pan- eled library, and one of the finest leaded- glass and paneled dining rooms in Port- keller williams/the hatcher group