History of Bridlemile Subdivisions
Bridlemile is composed of many subdivisions. Below are some that the Bridlemile History Committee knows of and has located newspaper ads or articles about. Development dates and exact boundaries are educated guesses.
Bridlewood
Bridlewood is located north of Hamilton Park. It includes homes on SW 43rd Avenue, SW 44th Avenue, SW 45th Avenue, SW 47th Avenue and SW Tunnelwood Street. Homes were built there between 1965 and 1975.
Below is an 08-01-1965 Oregonian advertisement
Brookford
Brookford is located in SE Bridlemile, south of Hamilton, west of Dosch, north of Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway.
Below left: 3-27-1955 Oregon Journal Article
Below middle: 07-03-1955 Oregon Journal advertisement
Below right: 08-18-1955 Oregon Journal advertisement
Doschdale
Doschdale is located south and east of Albert Kelly Park. (SW Boundary, SW Doschdale Drive, SW Terrace, SW 33rd Drive, and SW 34th Place)
Below: March 13, 1957 Oregonian advertisement.
Hamilton Woods
Hamilton Woods is located on SW Selling Court and SW Eleanor Lane, which go north from SW Hamilton Street, and are three blocks east of SW Scholls Ferry Road. Homes were built there between 1989 and 1991.
Below: Excerpts from a 11/6/1988 Oregonian article.
WORK GETS GOING ON HAMILTON WOODS AFTER 18-MONTH WAIT TO GET GREEN LIGHT
It took 18 months of struggling with neighbors and red tape before Homesite Development Corp. got the green light for its Hamilton Woods residential subdivision in the heart of the Raleigh Hills area of Southwest Portland. …
“Change is always tough, especially when you're dealing with a concept, something you can't see,'' offered Homesite's William C. Cox, who is co-developing the 8.4-acre, 20-lot project with partner Art Piculell.” …
Before the first shovel of dirt was turned at Hamilton Woods, Cox said Homesite Development surveyed the 8.2-acre layout, locating ``every tree over six inches in diameter. It also commissioned a study of the area's birds, which has led to the mandatory preservation of some wooded segments of the property.
“We wanted to do as little changing of the environment that we could, to make it appear as though it had always been there,'' Cox explained. ``The only trees that we removed were to put in the streets. And the only others that will be displaced will be those that are diseased, hazardous, or in the footprint of the home that is being built.''
Montmore
Montmore is mostly located on a loop south of SW Patton Road and north of SW Tunnelwood.. (SW Downs View Court, SW Westdale Drive, SW 44th Avenue)
Below: 10-18-1964 Oregonian article
Orchard Park
Orchard Park is south of Wilcox Estates, north of Smoke Rise, and west of SW Shattuck Road. It includes homes on SW Lowell Street, two on SW Shattuck Road, SW Thomas Street, and 52nd Avenue. Homes were built there between 1947 and 1950.
Below left: A May 12, 1947 Oregon Journal advertisement.
Below middle: A June 22, 1947 Oregon Journal article.
Below right: A May 2, 1948 Oregon Journal article.
Semler Park
Semler Park is in NW Bridlemile. It heads north from SW Hamilton Street on SW Semler Way. It is two blocks east of SW Scholls Ferry Road. It takes up the block-long Semler Way. Homes were built there between 2006 and 2007.
Below: Excerpt of a blurb from the 9/17/2005 Oregonian.
Buena Vista digs in at new Semler Park
Buena Vista Custom Homes recently broke ground at Semler Park, a new neighborhood off Southwest Hamilton Street.
Semler Park has five lots, with floor plans ranging from 3,333 to 4,837 square feet. Prices are from about $750,000 to $1 million.
Skylark
Skylark starts one block north of Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, on SW 56th Avenue (two houses) and east of SW 56th on SW Seymour Court and SW Seymour Street. It includes six houses on SW 54th Avenue and one on SW 55th. Homes were built there between 1964 and 1976.
Below left: 01-08-1966 Oregonian advertisement.
Below right: 01-16-1966 Oregonian advertisement.
Smoke Rise
Smoke Rise is north of SW Hamilton Street and south of Wilcox Estates. It includes homes on SW Bancroft Street, SW Santa Monica Court, SW 51st Place, SW 52nd Avenue, SW 53rd Avenue, and SW 54th Place. Homes appear to have been built there between 1964 and 1977.
Below: 08-02-1964 Oregonian advertisement.
Stonebrook
Stonebrook is west of SW Dosch Road and south of SW Hamilton Street. It includes SW Stonebrook Court and SW Stonebrook Drive.Homes were built there between 1979 and 1987.
Below left: 04-12-1978 Oregonian article.
Below right: 04-28-1978 Oregonian advertisement.
Tunnelwood Park
Tunnelwood Park is off SW Dosch Road. In Bridlemile, it includes the east end of SW Tunnelwood Road (five houses) and parts of SW Dosch Court. Parts are also on the Southwest Hills Residential League land.
Below left: 05-20-1925 Oregon Journal advertisement
Below right: 12-31-1925 Oregon Journal advertisement
Wilcox Estates
Wilcox Estates is located south of SW Patton Road and west of SW Shattuck Road. (SW Downs View Ct, SW Thomas, SW Westdale Drive, SW WInsor Ct., SW 48th Place, SW 50th, SW 52nd Place, SW 53rd, SW 57th Avenue)
Below left: 09-11-1955 Oregonian open house article
Below right: 09-18-1955 Oregonian advertisement
Below left: 9-25-1955 Oregon Journal article.
Below right: 4-29-1956 Oregon Journal advertisement
Wilcox West
Wilcox West is located south of SW Patton Road, east of SW Scholls Ferry Road, west of Wilcox Estates. (SW Abernathy Court, SW Downs View Court, SW Gaines Court, SW Lane Court, SW Thomas Court, SW 58th.)
Below: 11-05-1976 Oregonian advertisement
To be added:
Amy’s Addition
Bridlemile Place
Clarion
Honey Hill Farms