The 1912 English Arts & Crafts house in Southeast Portland that served as the Portland Arts Retreat has a new chapter: The handsome, pitched-roof manor sold Sept. 3 for $1.3 million.

The sale is only the third time in 113 years that the architecturally significant residence, on an expansive bluff lot overlooking the Willamette River in the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood, has changed hands.

The classic English-style house was originally designed by celebrated architect Wade Pipes for his brother.

For decades, the house was a haven for artists and thinkers, as supported by the longtime property owners, Richard Sikora, an ethics professor at the University of British Columbia, and his wife, visual artist Dorothy.

The couple, who purchased the 0.26-acre property in 2007, hosted p

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