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The Irvington neighborhood is named for Captain William Irving, a steamboat captain of renown from Scotland. Captain Irving was born in Scotland in 1816 and sailed to Boston at the age of 15. Ten years later Irving became a captain, and in 1849 decided to come to Oregon Territory by way of Sacramento. He unloaded cargo for the California gold fields, then came north to Portland. In June of 1849 he purchased what was then Block 12 of the Portland townsite and began a business of transporting lumber from California to Portland
To many of the residents, the strength and weakness of the Irvington neighborhood are the same: the houses. The houses are not new, but spacious and comfortable. About half of the housing was built years ago between 1920 and 1939, most of the rest are even older. The houses were built well, but need care to survive. Commercial interests and apartments encroach from the Holladay Addition. The neighborhood has an extraordinary mix of ethnic groups and young couples.
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