Columbia River Maritime Museum
Name: Columbia River Maritime MuseumAddress: 1792 Marine DriveCity: AstoriaYear of Construction: 1982Architect: Brown, Brown & GriderOriginal Use: MuseumStatus: In Use (Altered)National Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: Description coming soon. Further Information • Columbia River Maritime Museum [new window] • “Columbia River Maritime Museum: Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence,” The Quarterdeck [new window] • Ebba Wicks Brown, Oregon Encyclopedia [new window] • Ebba…
Illahee Apartments
Name: Illahee ApartmentsAddress: 1046 Grand AvenueCity: AstoriaYear of Construction: 1968Architect: Brown, Brown & GriderOriginal Use: Residence (Apartments)Status: In UseNational Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: Description coming soon. Further Information • Ebba Wicks Brown, Oregon Encyclopedia [new window] • Ebba Wicks Brown, Lower Columbia Preservation Society [new window] Image Gallery
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
Name: Our Saviour’s Lutheran ChurchAddress: 320 1st AvenueCity: SeasideYear of Construction: 1956Architect: Wicks and BrownOriginal Use: Religious (Church)Status: In UseNational Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: Designed by the North Oregon Coast’s premier postwar architecture firm, this somewhat unassuming church is composed of a sprawling one-story base clad in brick; a gabled volume covered in wood shingles…
United States National Bank of Oregon, Astoria Branch
Name: United States National Bank of Oregon, Astoria BranchAddress: 987 Duane StreetCity: AstoriaYear of Construction: 1972Architect: Brown, Brown & GriderOriginal Use: Financial (Bank)Status: In UseNational Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: Description coming soon. Further Information • Ebba Wicks Brown, Oregon Encyclopedia [new window] • Ebba Wicks Brown, Lower Columbia Preservation Society [new window] Image Gallery
Astor Library and Veterans Memorial
Name: Astor Library and Veterans MemorialAddress: 450 10th StreetCity: AstoriaYear of Construction: 1967Architect: Brown, Brown & GriderOriginal Use: Government (Library)Status: In Use (Altered)National Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: Astoria’s 1960s library was designed with a guarded visual character, featuring a solid concrete shell, broken up by narrow vertical windows; projecting canopy roofs crowned each window and entrance….
United States National Bank of Portland, Seaside Branch
Name: United States National Bank of Portland, Seaside BranchAddress: 251 Avenue ACity: SeasideYear of Construction: 1962Architect: Wicks and BrownOriginal Use: Financial (Bank)Status: In UseNational Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: This bank building continued the United States National Bank of Portland’s tradition of commissioning skilled Oregon architects to design notable, if not somewhat restrained, branch locations. The…
Daily Astorian Building
Name: Daily Astorian BuildingAddress: 949 Exchange StreetCity: AstoriaYear of Construction: 1970Architect: Brown, Brown & GriderOriginal Use: Commercial (Newspaper Building)Status: In UseNational Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: Description coming soon. Further Information • Ebba Wicks Brown, Oregon Encyclopedia [new window] • Ebba Wicks Brown, Lower Columbia Preservation Society [new window] Image Gallery
Zion Lutheran Church
Name: Zion Lutheran Church (original); Peace First Lutheran Church (current)Address: 565 12th StreetCity: AstoriaYear of Construction: 1953Architect: Wicks & Wicks ArchitectsOriginal Use: Religious (Church)Status: In UseNational Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: Zion Lutheran Church is among the earliest truly Modernist buildings in Astoria, formed by low brick-clad blocks punctuated by a soaring, freestanding belltower enclosed on two…
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Name: First Church of Christ, ScientistAddress: 632 11th StreetCity: AstoriaYear of Construction: 1951Architect: Wicks & Wicks ArchitectsOriginal Use: Religious (Church and Reading Room)Status: In UseNational Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: The architecture firm responsible for this small Northwest Regional style religious building near downtown Astoria was John E. Wicks, the city’s most prominent architect during the early twentieth century,…