{"id":16464,"date":"2019-07-24T16:50:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T20:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=16464"},"modified":"2020-09-28T11:43:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T15:43:10","slug":"nob-hill-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/nob-hill-portland\/","title":{"rendered":"Nob Hill, Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"

A soup\u00e7on<\/i> of San Francisco.<\/span><\/h2>\n

By Colin W. Sargent<\/p>\n

\"JA19If there\u2019s sweet structure in the Forest City that seems to channel the posh dwellings of San Francisco\u2019s Nob Hill, it\u2019s 25 Vaughan Street. John Calvin Stevens designed this pocket mansion in 1896 for Lyman H. Nelson, a writer and publisher of souvenir volumes featuring scenes from cities across the country. Though Stevens\u2019s inspiration predates the San Francisco Earthquake by a decade, the resonance in styles is still seismic. A Nob Hill residence like this will set you back $8M. Here in Portland, it\u2019s yours for $1.275M.<\/p>\n

Listing agent Erin Oldham loves this jewel box, and not just because her parents are the sellers! (See our story \u201cModern Family,\u201d October 2012, on the \u2018follow your grandchildren\u2019 real estate trend.) \u201cI love the sun room just because it\u2019s a spot where you can get washed in sunlight throughout the year\u2014a beautiful bright room. You can see the water. I love to read out there,\u201d no matter what the thermometer says.<\/p>\n

She loves the Stevens touch, too, because it\u2019s singular among his designs. In fact, JCS took such a fancy to this project that\u2014like a painter returning to touch up a masterwork\u2014he revisited 25 Vaughan \u201cin 1903 and 1906 to add the Arts & Crafts touches,\u201d Oldham says. \u201cHe changed the entrance to the second floor, added the wainscoting in the fireplace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What he was chasing here, and what he captured, was high style and a sense of adventure. Original plans (see previous page) show a fabulous balustrade that crowned the roof like a tiara.<\/span><\/p>\n

O<\/span>ther goodies include incredible stonework, pocket doors, stained glass, bay windows, sensuous quarter-sawn oak floors, dreamy artisan tiles, four bedrooms, and three baths. \u201cI\u2019m told the oval room may be the only oval dining room in the West End,\u201d Oldham says. Like a flash from a prism, there\u2019s an exquisite secret garden with patio out back.<\/span><\/p>\n

The hill may not be so steep, but there\u2019s full-scale Frisco luxury here if you let yourself dream. Taxes are $13,096.85.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click here to view more from our Talking Walls<\/strong> column.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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