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]

Hunan Restaurant, Roe, and Tercet have operated in the building.

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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.
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