Editing Ladd's Addition (section)

==History==
Ladd's Addition is named after [[William S. Ladd]], a merchant and mid-19th-century [[List of mayors of Portland, Oregon|Portland mayor]] who owned a {{convert|126|acre|adj=on}} farm on the land.<ref name="portonline"/> In 1891 (when the city of [[East Portland, Oregon|East Portland]] was merged into Portland) Ladd [[Subdivision (land)|subdivided]] the land for residential use.<ref name="nps"/>  Rather than follow the standard orthogonal [[Grid plan|grid]] of the surrounding area, Ladd created a diagonal "wagon wheel" arrangement, including four small diamond-shaped [[rose garden]]s and a central [[traffic circle]] surrounding a park.  It is also one of fewer than 20 areas in Portland that have [[Alley#United States|alleyways]], with street elevations mostly uninterrupted by [[curb cut]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=PDX Alleys |url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?msa=0&mid=1LUMmBtzuuTOL65fJSrk1YzpPCpc&ll=45.529373553482806%2C-122.64196449999997&z=12 |website=Google maps |access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="nps"/> While it is said that Ladd's design was inspired by L'Enfant's Washington layout, it bears no actual resemblance to the Washington street plan.<ref name="Ladd's Addition">{{Cite web|url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/ladd_s_addition_portland_/#.X4et8tBKipo|title = Ladd's Addition}}</ref>

[[File:LA - Clark Residence - Portland Oregon.jpg|thumb|One of the homes in Ladd's Addition, located on SE Elliott Avenue.]]

The homes in the district, mostly developed between 1905 and 1930 (after Ladd's death), have been called a "architecturally rich mix of compatible early 20th century styles," notable for their "continuity of scale, [[Setback (architecture)|setback]], orientation, and materials."<ref name="nps"/> [[National Register of Historic Places architectural style categories|Architectural styles]] represented include [[bungalow]], [[American Craftsman|craftsman]], [[American Foursquare]], [[Mission Revival Style architecture|Mission]], [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor]], and [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]].<ref name="nps"/>

Development started at the north end, closest to the streetcar transportation, with the largest homes built between 1905 and 1915.<ref name="Ladd's Addition"/>

Though the earliest deeds excluded Japanese and Chinese residents, except as servants, after those covenants expired, Ladd's Addition was one of the few areas by 1939 informally designated as open to 'oriental' families.<ref name="Ladd's Addition"/>

[[File:Ladd's Addition Center Circle.jpg|thumb|The central traffic circle in Ladd's Addition.]]