O. K. Jeffery Aircraft Factory

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O.K. Jeffery Aircraft Factory
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Location3300 NE Broadway
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates 45°32′6″N122°37′49″W / 45.53500°N 122.63028°W / 45.53500; -122.63028
Built1917
NRHP reference No. 100007087 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 18, 2021

The O.K. Jeffery Aircraft Factory is a commercial building located in northeast Portland, Oregon. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2]

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Oliver K. Jeffery built the building for his Oregon Home Builders business in 1915. In 1917–1918, Jeffery was producing wooden aircraft parts in the building for World War I biplanes. [3]

The final tenant, Gordon's Fireplace Shop, moved into the building in 1990 and closed in 2016. Interurban Development bought it in 2017 intending to redevelop it, but it has sat abandoned since then, becoming covered in graffiti. With defaulted loans and liens against the building, the bank foreclosed on the loan, then the City of Portland foreclosed on the building and it went to auction in late 2024, though the auction was postponed. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ Painter, Diana J. (January 25, 2021), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: O.K. Jeffery Aircraft Factory (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on December 16, 2022, retrieved June 3, 2025.
  3. ↑ Fred Leeson (December 18, 2024). "Crash Landing for the Airplane Factory? — Architectural Heritage Center". Architectural Heritage Center. Retrieved June 27, 2025. In 1917 and 1918, the building erected by Oregon Home Builders Inc. was used to manufacture fabric-shrouded spruce airplane wings for U.S. military bi-planes in World War I.
  4. ↑ Jonathan Bach (November 15, 2024). "Graffiti-covered Gordon's Fireplace building, Portland eyesore visible from I-84, headed back to auction". oregonlive. Retrieved June 27, 2025. Graffiti-covered Gordon's Fireplace building, Portland eyesore visible from I-84, headed back to auction
  5. ↑ Jonathan Bach (September 30, 2024). "Blighted building visible from I-84 pulled from Portland foreclosure auction; a lender wants to foreclose instead". oregonlive. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
  6. ↑ Anna Marum (April 26, 2016). "Gordon's Fireplace Shop is closing after 60 years". oregonlive. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
  7. ↑ Sophie Peel (May 31, 2024). "Portland Considers Foreclosing on Gordon's Fireplace Shop". Willamette Week. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
  8. ↑ Nigel Jaquiss (October 2, 2024). "The Financial Challenges of Portland's Biggest Eyesore Come to a Head, But Aren't Over". Willamette Week. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
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