Mayo House (Portland, Oregon)
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| Martin Mayo House | |
|---|---|
  Location within Portland | |
| General information | |
| Type | Small Home |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| Location | 236 NE Sacramento St, Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Coordinates | 45°32′23.59″N 122°39′48″W / 45.5398861°N 122.66333°W |
| Elevation | 47 Meters |
| Named for | Martin Nicholas Mayo |
| Estimated completion | 1895 to late 1896[1] |
| Relocated | 1912, 1930, 2019 |
The Mayo House is a historical house built by Martin Nicholas Mayo in the 1890s. It was built in Portland, Oregon's Eliot neighborhood.[2] It is notable for being relocated in 1912, 1930, and 2019 to avoid demolition in order to make room for new construction projects. The house utilizes the Queen Anne architecture style. The relocation of the house in 2019 will see the house repurposed by local artist Cleo Davis as a site for local art and history to be archived and made available for the public.[2] This new archive will be used to show the history of African-Americans in the local area of Portland.[2] In order to reduce the cost of the relocation, the Portland City Council waived $40,000 in fees.[2] The house was relocated in late January 2019.
Namesake and builder of the house, Martin Nicholas Mayo (known also as Martin Mujo) was born on December 7, 1862, and emigrated from Austria in 1868. Moving to Portland in 1874, he entered the food service industry, becoming a restaurant manager in 1890 and marrying fellow Austrian immigrant Lucretia Mary around the same time as he purchased the J.D. McKinnon restaurant, dubbing it the Mayo restaurant. In 1899, George P. Mayo was born in the Mayo House and would be the only son of Martin and Lucretia.[1]
Selling his restaurant in 1911, during the first world war Martin served as a food administrator, commissioned an apartment complex, and lived in his self-titled house until the death of Lucretia in 1919. A decade would pass before Mayo returned to the neighborhood, residing in the Mayo apartments until his passing on September 23, 1942.[1]
