Heritage Architecture & Old Town Portland, OR Photos |
Portland, Oregon has a well-preserved core of heritage architecture centered around its Old Town. Portland is noted for its cast iron storefronts. |
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| Skidmore Fountain (1888) by sculpter Olin Warner in New Market heritage area. | Skidmore Fountain details of upper basin & figure. | Fountain base of Skidmore Fountain. | Ankeny Square & Skidmore Fountain with crafts market. |
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| Crafts market at Ankeny Square. | Crafts market at Ankeny Square. | Crafts market at Ankeny Square. | Bracelet crafts at market in Ankeny Square. |
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| Streetcar passes Ankeny Square Colonnade. | Ankeny Square cast-iron Colonnade (1872) now restored after 1952 demolition. | Ankeny Arcade monument with antique cast iron museum pieces. | Ankeny Arcade monument with antique cast iron arch. |
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| Poppleton Building & New Market Theater at Ankeny Square. | New Market Theater Venetian palace style with cast-iron front (1872) (50 SW 2nd Ave.). Architect: Piper & Burton. On National Register. | Brick & cast iron facade of New Market Theater. | Cast iron arcade of New Market Theater. |
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| Poppleton Building (1872) (75-83 SW 1st Ave.). Architect: Piper & Burton (attrib.). | Painted cast iron capitals of Poppleton Building. | New Market Annex (1889) (5 floors) (58-66 SW 2nd Ave.). Style: Richardsonian Romanesque. Architect: McCaw & Martin. | Merchants Hotel (1880-84) (121-39 NW 2nd Ave.). Architect: Warren H. Williams (attrib.). |
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| Cast iron facade details of Merchants Hotel. | Cast iron female face on Merchants Hotel. | Haseltine Building (1893) (133 SW 2nd Ave.). Style: Richardsonian Romanesque. | Stonework entrance surroung of Haseltine Building. |
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| Glisan Building (Kell's) (1889) (112 SW 2nd Ave.) (former Chown Electric Co.). Style: Queen Anne Italianate. | Cast iron facade details of Glisan Building. | Fechheimer & White Building (1883) ( 233 Front Ave.). Style: High Victorian Italianate. Architect: Williams & Krumbein. | Cast iron facade details of Fechheimer & White Building. |
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| Cast iron maker's plate from Willamette Iron Works on Fechheimer & White Building. | Cast iron decorative details of Fechheimer & White Building. | Railway Building (1872) & Scottish Bank Building (1876) (112-122 SW 1st Ave.). | Railway Building (1872) facade (112 SW 1st Ave.). |
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| Smith's Block (1872) (111-113 SW Front Ave.). Style: Italianate. Architect: W.W. Piper. | Streetscape along 200-240 SW 1st St. from Oak. | Heritage streetscape along SW 4th Ave. including Board of Trade Building with mural. | Bishop's House (1879) (223 SW Stark St.). Style: Victorian Gothic. Architect: Prosper Heurn. On National Register. |
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| Grand Stable & Carriage Building Commerical Italianate facade. | Grand Stable & Carriage Building (1887/94) (411-415 SW 2nd Ave.). Style: Commerical Italianate. Architect: Warren Haywood Williams. On National Register. | Waldo Block (1885) (439 & 421 SW 2nd Ave.). Style: Victorian Italianate. On National Register. | Oregon Pioneer Building (1910) (6 floors) (320 SW Stark St.). Architect: David Chambers Lewis. On National Register. |
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| Postal Building (aka Failing Building) (1900) (510 SW 3rd Ave.). Style: Italian Renaissance. Architect: Whidden & Lewis. On National Register. | Postal Building facade. | Postal Building decorative details. | Spalding Building (1911) (319 SW Washington). On National Register. |
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| Spalding Building brick & stone facade details. | Dekum Building (1892) (519 SW 3rd Ave.). Style: Richardsonian Romanesque. Architect: McCaw, Martin & White. On National Register. | Corner view of Dekum Building. | Terra cotta window surrounds of Dekum Building. |
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| Rough cut sandstone arches of ground floors of Dekum Building. | Carvings in round arch of Dekum Building. | Carvings in trapezoidal arch of Dekum Building. | Hamilton Building (1893) (529 SW 3rd Ave.). Style: Classical Revival. Architect: Whidden & Lewis. On National Register. |
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| Van Rensselaer Building (1878) (65 SW Yamhill St.). Style: Italianate. | Harker Building (Patrick Bldg.) (1878) (824-828 SW 1st Ave.). Style: Italianate. | Poppleton Building (1867) ( 816-818 SW 1st Ave.) & Harker Building. Style: Second Empire. | Pediment of Poppleton Building. |
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| Willamette Block (1882) (722-728 SW 2nd Ave.). Style: Italianate. | Taylor St. side of Mikado Block (1880)( 837 SW 1st Ave.). Style: Italianate. | Gilbert Building (1893) (319 SW Taylor). Architect: Whidden & Lewis. | Brickwork details of Gilbert Building. |
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| Auditorium & Music Hall (1894) (920-928 SW 3rd Ave.). Style: Romanesque Revival. Architect: F. Manson White. On National Register. | Broadway Building (1913) (715 SW Morrison St.). Style: Classical Revival. Architect: E.B. MacNaughton. On National Register. | Charles F. Berg Building (1929) (615 SW Broadway Ave.). Style: Art Deco. On National Register. | Art Deco details of Charles F. Berg Building. |
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| Prairie-style heritage commercial building (531 SW Broadway). | Heritage commercial building (522-540 SW Broadway). | Portland Marriott City Center (1999) (20 floors) (520 SW Broadway) & (522-540 SW Broadway). Architect: Portman Fruchtman Vinson Sunderland Architects + Wasserberger Benson. | Imperial Hotel (aka Vintage Plaza) (1894) (422-426 SW Broadway St.). Style: Richardsonian Romanesque. Architect: F. Manson White. On National Register. |
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| Richardsonian Romanesque facade of Imperial Hotel (aka Vintage Plaza). | Richardsonian Romanesque facade of Imperial Hotel. | Morgan's Alley shopping mall (515 SW Broadway St.). | United States National Bank Building (1911) (321-331 SW 6th Ave.). Style: Neoclassical. Architect: Alfred E. Doyle. On National Register. |
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| Portico of United States National Bank Building. | Column details on United States National Bank Building. | Benson Hotel (1913) (309-319 SW Broadway). Architect: Doyle, Patterson & Beach. On National Register. | Bank of the West (old First National Bank) (1889) (401 SW 5th Ave.). Style: Neoclassical. Architect: Coolidge & Shattuck. |
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| Battleship U.S.S. Oregon mast (1893) at Memorial Marine Park on Riverfront of Portland. | Iron details of Battleship Oregon. |
All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart. All rights reserved. Permission required to use. |