Morgan Building

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Morgan Building
Portland Historic Landmark [1]
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Viewed from the northeast in 2018
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Location720 SW Washington Street
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates 45°31′14″N122°40′46″W / 45.520628°N 122.679523°W / 45.520628; -122.679523
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1913 [2]
Architect Doyle, Patterson & Beach
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
NRHP reference No. 96001003 [3]
Added to NRHPSeptember 12, 1996

The Morgan Building is an office building located in downtown Portland, Oregon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] [3]

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The Morgan was home to Theodore Kruse's Rainbow Grill, which opened in October 1913. Kruse had closed his Louvre restaurant, a hotspot in the gay community, after it was a focal point of the 1912 Portland vice scandal. The Rainbow advertised "fat, juicy, delicious" oysters and a "Special Men's Grill" with meat of the diner's choosing. It closed in June 1915. [4] [5]

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References

  1. Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved November 13, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Tess, John M. (November 15, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Morgan Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 2, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 37. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  4. Painter, George. "The Louvre Restaurant". glapn.org. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  5. Anderson, Heather Arndt (January 10, 2018). "A City Scandalized". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.