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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Location2417 SW 16th Avenue
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates 45°31′21″N122°41′01″W / 45.522511°N 122.683478°W / 45.522511; -122.683478 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. Retrieved May 21, 2013.