Ladd's Addition is an inner southeast historic district of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is Portland's oldest planned residential development, and one of the oldest in the western United States.
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, orientation, and materials." Each of the four smaller, diamond-shaped "circles" to the east, west, north, and south contains one of Portland's rose test gardens. Friends of Ladd's Addition Gardens regularly solicits money and volunteers to maintain the rose gardens. Ladd named most of the streets after trees, but he named SE Ladd Avenue and SE Elliott Avenue for himself and his wife, who was born Caroline Elliott. As of 2025, local residents began referring to the neighborhood as "The Leaf District", a clear reference to its streets and trees.
Historic preservation
The area was designated a historic district by the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
See also
- Ladd Carriage House
- Meridian, Seattle
- St. Sharbel Maronite Catholic Church
- Tangletown, Minneapolis
- Longview, Washington
- Ladds 500
Notes
References
;General references:
- Portland Monthly, April 2007, 20 Best Neighborhoods, pages 78–79.
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