Zion Lutheran Church (Portland, Oregon)

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Zion Lutheran Church
Portland Historic Landmark [1]
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The church building's exterior in 2007
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Zion Lutheran Church (Portland, Oregon) (Oregon)
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Zion Lutheran Church (Portland, Oregon) (the United States)
Location1015 SW 18th Avenue
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates 45°31′11″N122°41′31″W / 45.519765°N 122.692057°W / 45.519765; -122.692057
Built1950
Architect Pietro Belluschi
Architectural styleModern Movement, Northwest Regional
Website http://www.zion-portland.org
NRHP reference No. 96000169 [2]
Added to NRHPMarch 8, 1996

The Zion Lutheran Church is a church located in downtown Portland, Oregon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Architect Pietro Belluschi employed a number of innovations in this 1950 church, an example of the application of modern architectural principles to a religious building. Using local materials, influences, and artists and craftsmen, it represents the Northwest Regional style of modern architecture, which Belluschi (along with colleague John Yeon) originated and developed. [3] The low-relief angels in hammered copper on the sanctuary doors were designed by sculptor Frederic Littman.

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References

  1. Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved November 13, 2013.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. Farr, Libby Dawson; Grams, Theodore C.W. (July 26, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Zion Lutheran Church".