Ahavath Achim
Name: Ahavath Achim Address: 3225 SW Barbur Blvd City: Portland Year of Construction: Architect: John Storrs Original Use: Religious (Synagogue) Status: Threatened National Register of Historic Places: Not Listed Description: Description coming soon Further Information • Congregation Ahavath Achim [new window] • Decades after a difficult move, distinctive Barbur Blvd. synagogue considers future at Oregon Metro [new window] • John Storrs at…
Oregon Insurance Center
Name: Oregon Insurance Center Address: 4515 SW Corbett Avenue City: Portland Year of Construction: 1963 Architect: John Storrs Original Use: Office Status: In Use (altered) National Register of Historic Places: Not Listed Description: Originally built for the Oregon Association of Insurance Agents, who later became the Independent Insurance Agents of Oregon. As of 2016 the building is occupied…
Portland Plaza
Name: Portland Plaza Address: 1500 SW 5th Avenue City: Portland Year of Construction: 1973 Architect: Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall Original Use: Residential (Condominiums) National Register of Historic Places: Not Listed Description: Description coming soon. Further Information • Portland Plaza at Wikipedia [new window] Image Gallery
Wells Fargo Center
(Photo: City of Portland archives) Name: Wells Fargo Center (originally First National Bank Tower) Address: 1300 SW 5th Avenue City: Portland Year of Construction: 1972 Architect: Charles Luckman & Associates Original Use: Office (Bank) Status: Built / In Use National Register of Historic Places: Not Listed Description: Description coming soon. Image Gallery
Clarendon School
(Photo: City of Portland Historic Resource Inventory) Name: Clarendon School (original); Clarendon Regional Early Learning Academy (current)Address: 9325 N Van Houten AvenueCity: PortlandYear of Construction: 1970Architect: Annand, Boone, Drynan & HuffstutterOriginal Use: EducationStatus: In UseNational Register of Historic Places: Not ListedDescription: Description coming soon. Image Gallery
Standard Plaza
Name: Standard Plaza Address: 1100 SW 6th Avenue City: Portland Year of Construction: 1962 Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Original Use: Office National Register of Historic Places: Not Listed Description: Description coming soon. Further Information • Standard Plaza at Wikipedia [new window] • Skidmore, Owings & Merrill at Wikipedia [new window] Image Gallery
Union Bank of California Tower
Name: Union Bank of California Tower Address: 707 SW Washington Street City: Portland Year of Construction: 1972 Architect: Anshen and Allen Original Use: Office National Register of Historic Places : Not Listed Description: Description coming soon. Image Gallery
Halprin Open Space Sequence
(Photo: National Parks Service – National Register Nomination) Name: Halprin Open Space Sequence, including Keller Fountain, Pettygrove Park, and Lovejoy Fountain Address: SW Open Spaces and Pedestrian Malls from Lincoln Street to Clay Street City: Portland Year of Construction: 1966-1970 Landscape Architect: Lawrence Halprin Original Use: Park / Plaza National Register of Historic Places:…
Bonneville Power Administration Headquarters
(Photo: City of Portland archives) Name: Bonneville Power Administration Headquarters (original); 911 Federal Building (current) Address: 1001 NE Lloyd Boulevard City: Portland Year of Construction: 1954; later additions 1985 Architect: John Graham & Company Original Use: Office; Government Status: In Use National Register of Historic Places: Not Listed Description: Description coming soon. Further Information…
Equitable Building
Name: Equitable Building (original); Commonwealth Building (current) Address: 421 SW 6th Avenue City: Portland Year of Construction: 1948 Architect: Pietro Belluschi Original Use: Office National Register of Historic Places : Listed (76001584) Description: Description coming soon. Further Information • Pietro Belluschi at Wikipedia [new window] • Equitable Building at Wikipedia [new window] Image Gallery