Portland architecture includes a number of notable buildings,a wide range of styles,and a few notable pioneering architects.
Kenton is a neighborhood in the north section of Portland,Oregon,United States. The neighborhood was originally a company town founded in 1911 for the Swift Meat Packing Company.
The Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse is a federal courthouse in Portland,Oregon. It is named in honor of former U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield. It is used by the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
The Kimpton Hotel Vintage Portland,historically known as the Imperial Hotel and also as The Plaza Hotel,is a historic hotel building in downtown Portland,Oregon,United States. It was completed in 1894 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 as "Imperial Hotel". Since 2015,the building has been in use as the Kimpton Hotel Vintage Portland,and prior to then it had been known as the Hotel Vintage Plaza since 1991.
The Seward Hotel,also known as the Governor Hotel,is a historic hotel building in downtown Portland,Oregon,United States,that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Built in 1909,it is one of two NRHP-listed buildings that make up the Sentinel Hotel,the other being the 1923-built Elks Temple. The Seward was renamed the Governor Hotel in 1931,closed in the mid-1980s,and reopened in 1992 joined with the former Elks building,and thereafter formed the east wing of a two-building hotel.
The Bank of California Building,also known as the Durham &Bates Building and currently the Three Kings Building,is a historic former bank building in downtown Portland,Oregon,United States. It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978. The three-story building was designed by A. E. Doyle in an Italianate style and completed in 1925. The ground floor features a two-story-high grand room with 36-foot (11 m) ceilings. The building's original owner and occupant,the Bank of California,moved out around the end of 1969 and sold the building in 1970. It was last used as a bank in 1977. It is currently owned by Surlamer Investments.
The Heathman Hotel,in Portland,Oregon,United States,was originally built as the New Heathman Hotel and opened in 1927. It is among the last remaining historical Portland hotels such as the Benson Hotel,Imperial Hotel,and Governor Hotel. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984,as the New Heathman Hotel.
Portland City Hall is the headquarters of city government of Portland,Oregon,United States. The four-story Italian Renaissance-style building houses the offices of the City Council,which consists of the mayor and four commissioners,and several other offices. City Hall is also home to the City Council chambers,located in the rotunda on the east side of the structure. Completed in 1895,the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 21,1974. City Hall has gone through several renovations,with the most recent overhaul gutting the interior to upgrade it to modern seismic and safety standards. The original was built for $600,000,while the 1996 to 1998 renovation cost $29 million.
Waldschmidt Hall is an academic building at the University of Portland in Portland,Oregon,United States. Constructed in 1891 as West Hall,the building was originally part of the now defunct Portland University located in North Portland overlooking the Willamette River. The Romanesque style structure built of brick and stone stands five stories tall. The hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 and renovated in 1992,the same year it took the current name. Waldschmidt,the oldest building on campus,now houses the school's administration offices and some classrooms.
The Cornelius Hotel is a historic hotel building in downtown Portland,Oregon,United States that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designed by John V. Bennes's firm,and constructed in 1907–08. It ceased to be used as a hotel by the 1950s. A fire in 1985 left the top three floors of the structure uninhabitable. By the early 1990s,the building had been vacated,and it remained vacant for more than two decades. In 2016–2018,it was joined to the adjacent Woodlark Building,extensively renovated,and converted into a hotel. The Woodlark Hotel opened on December 15,2018.
The Elks Temple,also known as the Princeton Building and as the west wing of the Sentinel hotel,is a former Elks building and historic hotel building in downtown Portland,Oregon,United States. Built in 1923,it is one of two NRHP-listed buildings that make up the Sentinel Hotel,the other being the 1909-built Seward Hotel. The Seward was renamed the Governor Hotel in 1932,and in 1992 it was joined with the former Elks building,and thereafter the building became the west wing of a two-building hotel,an expanded Governor Hotel. The hotel's main entrance was moved to this building from the east building in 2004. The Governor Hotel was renamed the Sentinel Hotel in 2014. Use of the building as an Elks temple lasted less than a decade,ending in 1932.
The First Presbyterian Church is a church building located in downtown Portland,Oregon,that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Construction began in 1886 and was completed in 1890. The building has been called "one of the finest examples" of High Victorian Gothic architecture in the state of Oregon. It includes stained-glass windows made by Portland's Povey Brothers Art Glass Works and a church bell cast with bronze from captured Civil War cannons.
The United States National Bank Building in downtown Portland,Oregon was designed by A. E. Doyle in a Roman classical style,and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The four-story building's first section,facing Sixth Avenue,was completed and opened in 1917. The building features a four-story Corinthian colonnade at its eastern end and makes extensive use of glazed terracotta. The interior is also decorated extensively with highly textured materials.
The North Bank Depot Buildings,in central Portland,Oregon,United States,are a pair of buildings formerly used as a freight warehouse and passenger terminal for the Spokane,Portland and Seattle Railway (SP&S). Formed in 1905,the SP&S was commonly known as the North Bank Road during the period in which these buildings were in use. The Portland buildings' passenger facilities were also used by the Oregon Electric Railway after that railway was acquired by the SP&S. Located in what is now known as the Pearl District,the buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. They were in use by the SP&S and its successor,Burlington Northern Railroad,from 1908 until the 1980s. Only the east building was used as a passenger station,and this usage lasted from 1908 until 1931.
The John Jacob Astor Hotel,originally known as the Hotel Astoria,is a historic former hotel building located in Astoria,Oregon,United States,and listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It is one of the tallest buildings on the Oregon Coast and is a "prominent landmark" in Astoria. Constructed in 1922–23,the hotel opened in 1924 and initially was the city's social and business hub,but soon was beset with a variety of problems,and struggled financially for years. It was renamed the John Jacob Astor Hotel in 1951,but a decline in business continued,as did other problems. The building was condemned by the city for safety violations in 1968 and sat vacant for several years until 1984,when work to renovate it and convert it for apartments began. It reopened as an apartment building in 1986,with the lowermost two floors reserved for commercial use. The building was listed on the NRHP in 1979. The world's first cable television system was set up in 1948 using an antenna on the roof of the Hotel Astoria.
Houghtaling &Dougan was an American architectural firm based in Oregon. It was a partnership of Chester A. Houghtaling and Luther Lee Dougan. A number of their works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
The Merchant Hotel,also known as the Merchants' Hotel,is a historic former hotel building in Portland,Oregon,United States. It is located at 121 N.W. Second Avenue in Old Town Chinatown. It is a contributing property in the Portland Skidmore/Old Town Historic District,which was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1977. It is one of the few remaining examples of Victorian Italianate,cast iron architecture on the West Coast. It occupies half of a city block,specifically along the south side of N.W. Davis Street from Second to Third Avenues.
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The Park Heathman Hotel,originally known as the Heathman Hotel,is a residential building in Portland,Oregon,that serves low-income seniors and disabled persons. Owned by Harsch Investment Properties,the building was renamed Park Tower Apartments in the 1980s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
The Woodlark Building is a historic commercial building in downtown Portland,Oregon,United States that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The nine-story building was designed by Doyle,Patterson &Beach,and constructed in 1911–12. It has been described as "one of Portland's earliest commercial skyscrapers". From its completion until 1924,it was the headquarters of two jointly owned and very similarly named pharmaceutical companies based in Portland,the retail Woodard,Clarke &Company,and the wholesale Clarke-Woodward Company. It was converted into an office building in 1924. The retail space on the ground floor,mezzanine and basement has held a variety of businesses,in succession over the building's history,among the longest-lasting ones being a drugstore (1912–1927),a Sherman Clay piano and music store (1930–1974),and an independent shoe store (2000–2016).
