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Bridger School (Portland, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • Bridger Elementary School (Portland, Oregon)
  • Hudson Primary School (Portland, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • Raymond Kermit Thompson (architect, 1905-1995)
Creator
Date
  • 1951
Description
  • This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
  • Oregon Historic Site Form. Prepared by Iris Eschen. 2009
View Date
  • 2009
Temporal
  • 1950-1959
MODS Note
  • Raymond Kermit Thompson was born in Seaside, Oregon, August 27, 1905, and died in Portland, November 13, 1995. He received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Oregon in 1929. He married Polly Povey, also a UO architecture student, in 1929. The Thompsons lived in Boston, 1931 to 1942, where Raymond attend MIT for two years and served as instructor at Wentworth Institute. After service in World War II, Thompson was an associate professor at Ohio State University. From 1948, the Thompsons returned to Portland. From 1951 to 1953, Raymond was supervising architect of the Portland Public Schools. From 1953 to 1969, the Thompsons worked as the partnership, Raymond Kermit Thompson and Polly Povey Thompson, Architects. From 1969 to 1994, the firm's name was Thompson & Thompson Architects. Polly Thompson died in 1994. Raymond Thompson died the next year. Source: Ritz, Richard, and others. Architects of Oregon; A Biographical Dictionary of Architects Deceased - 19th and 20th Centuries (Portland: Lars Hill, 2003).
Subject
Work Type
Style / Period
Location
Street Address
  • 7910 SE Market Street
GPS Latitude
  • 45.510739
GPS Longitude
  • -122.58233
Material
  • Brick
Identifier
  • OR_Multnomah_Portland_
Provenance
  • University of Oregon Libraries
Institution
Submission Date
  • 05/04/2015
Modified
  • 07/29/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (30 Apr 2024). Bridger School (Portland, Oregon) Retrieved from https://www.oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67rn39t

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Bridger School (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 30 Apr 2024. https://www.oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67rn39t

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Bridger School (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-30. https://www.oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67rn39t

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Thompson, Raymond K. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/ThompsonRaymondK
2 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
3 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
4 public schools (buildings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300006584
5 floor plans (orthographic projections) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300034158
6 architectural drawings (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300034787
7 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
8 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
9 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
10 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
11 plans (orthographic projections) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300034104
12 International Style (modern European architecture style) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021472
13 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
14 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
15 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
16 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
17 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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