Ira F. Powers Warehouse and Factory

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Ira F. Powers Warehouse and Factory
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The Powers Warehouse and Factory in 2012
Location123 NE 3rd Avenue
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates 45°31′26″N122°39′47″W / 45.523953°N 122.662987°W / 45.523953; -122.662987
Area1.18 acres (0.48 ha) [1]
Built1925
Architect Claussen and Claussen [1]
Architectural style Commercial style, with Romanesque and Modernist influences [1]
NRHP reference No. 11000625
Added to NRHPAugust 31, 2011

The Ira F. Powers Warehouse and Factory is a historic industrial building in Portland, Oregon, United States. Built in 1925, it is one of the last remnants of two important phases in Portland's economic history: the city's once-prominent furniture manufacturing and distribution industry, and worker housing for the war industries of the World War II era. [1]

The warehouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Tess, John M. (July 1, 2011), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Powers, Ira F., Warehouse and Factory (PDF), retrieved January 6, 2015.
  2. National Park Service (September 9, 2011), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/29/11 through 9/02/11 , retrieved January 6, 2015.