Streetcar service to Sellwood was inaugurated on June 7, 1892 when the East Side Railway’s Oregon City interurban line was first extended that far south.

It continued to be a stop on that line until November 1904, when the Oregon City and Cazadero cars were rerouted over the new Springwater Division cut-off between East Portland and Lents and the Sellwood became a standalone “city” line. The southern terminus was then Golf Junction, at the intersection of SE 13th Avenue and SE Ochoco Street, located directly adjacent to the Sellwood car barn and the Sellwood substation.

From June 1905 to January 1909 (excepting most of December 1907), Sellwood cars ran through to Milwaukie along the Oregon City branch, originally at the behest of the owner of the Milwaukie Club just north of the town, who desired more frequent service to his establishment (basically a casino in all but name).

Cars originally ran south on 12th and north on 11th between Hawthorne and Clinton; this was reversed some time between 1921 and 1924.

The streetcar service on the line was replaced by trolleybuses in March 1940.

See also: Oregon City (1891–1958)

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