Name: United States National Bank of Portland, Seaside Branch
Address: 251 Avenue A
City: Seaside
Year of Construction: 1962
Architect: Wicks and Brown
Original Use: Financial (Bank)
Status: In Use
National Register of Historic Places: Not Listed
Description: 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 Seaside branch was drawn up by Astoria native Ebba Wicks Brown and her husband, Ernest Brown, following a fruitful professional partnership with her father, architect John E. Wicks. The building has a relatively simple plan but is distinguished by its asymmetrical roof, which rises above the banking hall and overhangs a broad bank of windows along S Downing Street.
Further Information
• Ebba Wicks Brown, Oregon Encyclopedia [new window]
• Ebba Wicks Brown, Lower Columbia Preservation Society [new window]
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