Whitney and Gray Building

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Whitney and Gray Building and Jake's Famous Crawfish Restaurant
Portland Historic Landmark [1]
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The building's exterior in 2009
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Location in downtown Portland
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Location in Portland
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Location in Oregon
Location2417 SW 16th Avenue
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates 45°31′21″N122°41′01″W / 45.522511°N 122.683478°W / 45.522511; -122.683478
Built1910 [2]
ArchitectKnighton & Root [2]
NRHP reference No. 83002177
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1983 [2]

The Whitney and Gray Building is an historic building in Portland, Oregon. It houses the restaurant Jake's Famous Crawfish and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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The building that has housed the restaurant since 1911 was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1983, as the Whitney & Gray Building and Jake's Famous Crawfish Restaurant. [3]

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References

  1. Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved November 13, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon Historic Sites Database , retrieved November 22, 2013.
  3. "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2023.