University Park, Portland, Oregon
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| Coordinates: 45°34′44″N 122°44′13″W / 45.579°N 122.737°WCoordinates: 45°34′44″N 122°44′13″W / 45.579°N 122.737°W PDF map |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| City | Portland |
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| • Association | University Park Neighborhood Association |
| • Coalition | North Portland Neighborhood Services |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.20 sq mi (3.10 km2) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 5,250 |
| • Density | 4,400/sq mi (1,700/km2) |
| Housing | |
| • No. of households | 1692 |
| • Occupancy rate | 95% occupied |
| • Owner-occupied | 1238 households (73%) |
| • Renting | 454 households (27%) |
| • Avg. household size | 3.10 persons |
University Park is a neighborhood in the north section of Portland, Oregon on the east shore of the Willamette River. University Park is bounded by North Lombard Street and the Portsmouth neighborhood to the north, North Chautauqua Boulevard and the Arbor Lodge neighborhood to the east, The Willamette River and Mock's Bottom industrial area to the south, and the North Portland railroad cut with Cathedral Park and St. Johns neighborhoods to the west.
The neighborhood is home to an 11.26-acre (4.56 ha) North Portland park of the same name, land for which was acquired in 1953.
University Park was named for its proximity to the former Portland University, a Methodist institution founded in 1891. Property of 71 acres for the university and roughly 530 acres for the surrounding neighborhood was platted from land owned by pioneer families and sold at half-value to the Methodist Episcopal Church, then owners of Willamette University in Salem. The church planned to sell individual lots through a realty company in University Park to finance the university, but home site sales did not sustain the institution. A financial failure for most of its brief existence, the university closed in 1900.
After Portland University closed, the land and buildings were purchased by the Archdiocese of Portland in 1901, and Columbia University opened on the site, later renamed the University of Portland. Public transportation was installed, and industry began to develop in the area.
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