"Take this house built in 1895. Perched above the Willamette River, and purportedly designed by famed firm Whidden & Lewis, it's one of the earliest built in Dunthorpe, for Ladd's son Charles and his wife, Sara. They even gave it a name-as one does-calling it Cedarhurst, and filled the grounds with country gardens, a bowling green, a tennis court, a barn, and stables."
"After the Ladds moved out, some equally well-known people took up residence, like Guy W. Talbot, a high-level exec at Pacific Power & Light and namesake for a park in the Gorge, and Mychal Thompson, a Blazers center and Lakers broadcaster. Recently, the property has become known by a more modern means: When designer Kristin Lane bought it in 2021, she built up an Instagram following to watch its ensuing makeover, completed in 2023."
In the 1880s William S. Ladd and Simeon Reed bought land extending from south and west of Riverview Cemetery to present-day Lake Oswego and planned iron development; the iron boom collapsed in 1893 and the land was subdivided into neighborhoods. The 1895 house Cedarhurst was built atop a bluff above the Willamette for Charles and Sara Ladd, purportedly by Whidden & Lewis, and featured extensive country grounds with gardens, a bowling green, tennis court, barn, and stables. Later residents included Guy W. Talbot and Mychal Thompson. Designer Kristin Lane bought and remodeled the property between 2021–2023 and is listing the 1.65-acre, 11,876-square-foot, eight-bedroom, eight-bath estate for $5,295,000.
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