Modernist architect Neutra’s rare, restored Oregon house is for sale at $3,750,000

by Janet Eastman | May 19, 2022 | Discover, Headline Feed

Modernist architect Richard Neutra's house designed for lily hybridizer Jan de Graaff in Portland is for sale by Tracy Hasson of The Hasson Company

The dramatic, three-level dwelling is celebrated for its unadorned, window-rich International style.

Architect Richard Neutra’s graceful use of floor-to-ceiling sliding doors grant seamless access to the outdoors.

Richard Neutra's rendering of the Jan de Graaff House.

The Jan De Graaff House was profiled in a 1942 House and Garden spread two years after it was completed, remodeled in the 1980s beyond recognition and restored to Neutra’s vision by the current longtime owners.

Modernist architect Richard Neutra selected Portland’s James Van Evera Bailey as the local supervising architect. Neutra had planned for a stucco exterior, but Bailey suggested cedar siding.

In 1940, the cosmopolitan De Graaffs commissioned the Los Angeles-based Neutra to design a house for their modern furniture and art collection.

“The De Graaff House hit conservative Portland like a lightning bolt,” wrote the authors of “Classic Houses of Portland, Oregon 1850-1950.”

The 6,887-square-foot house is oriented on the 0.85-acre lot, which offers unobstructed mountain, city and river views.

Original owner Dutch-born botanist Jan de Graaff founded Oregon Bulb Farms in Gresham, where he introduced more new lily varieties than anyone in the world, starting in 1941 with Enchantment and later Stargazer lily, as well as becoming one of the top U.S. producers of daffodil and tulip bulbs.

Modernist architect Richard Neutra designed custom wood built in shelves

Modernist architect Richard Neutra's house designed for lily hybridizer Jan de Graaff in Portland is for sale.

There is a dumbwaiter and butler's pantry in the updated kitchen.

Four patios extend areas for entertaining under the stars.

hg.rummer Jan De Graaff, side view (1940) LC-

Jan de Graaff, right, receives 1962 American Home Achievement Medal at annual flower show of Men's Garden Club of New York for

In the undated photo, Peggy de Graaff, standing in the center, was honored for volunteering more than 2,000 hours of service assisting registered nurses in local military and civilian hospitals to the Multnomah County chapter of the Red Cross

A Portland house with a provenance like no other is for sale. The revolutionary dwelling was designed 82 years ago by modernist architect Richard Neutra for lily hybridizer Jan de Graaff and his wife, Peggy, heir to the Macy’s department store owner who died on the Titanic.

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