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- Alternative Title
- Pacific Power and Light Company (Portland, Oregon)
- Creator Display
- Charles Kerwin Greene (architect, 1888-1953)
- Doyle, Patterson & Beach (architecture firm, 1911-1913)
- William B. Patterson (construction superintendent)
- James G. Beach (engineer)
- N. Clark & Son (terra cotta firm)
- Albert Ernest Doyle (architect, 1877-1928)
- Creator
- Photographer
- Date
- 1928
- Description
- National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1996)
- View
- exterior
- View Date
- 1973-05-18
- Temporal
- 1920-1929
- MODS Note
- The Public Service Building was constructed to house the offices of the utilities, Portland Gas and Coke Company and the Pacific Light and Power Company, hence the building's name reflected these "public services". From 1928-1958, the Public Service Building was Portland's tallest building. The roof was originally red tile with neon letters on each side spelling GAS, POWER, HEAT, and LIGHT. The roof and signage were replaced in 1983 by a metal roof. Renovations occured in 1957, 1973, and 1999. The 1957 renovation increased the building's wings to 12 floors.
- Subject
- Work Type
- Location
- Street Address
- 920 Southwest 6th Avenue
- GPS Latitude
- 45.517507
- GPS Longitude
- -122.679325
- Material
- terra cotta, brick
- Rights Holder
- University of Oregon
- Identifier
- pna_07198
- Item Locator
- mdr08191
- Source
- Gift of Wallace K. Huntington from the estate of Marion Dean Ross
- Provenance
- Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
- Institution
- Conversion
- This image is derived from a master TIFF (3000 x 5000 pixel, 16 bit) created by scanning a 35m slide which remains as the archival artifact. Digital editing may have included cropping, color correction, and removal of dust, scratch, or other artifacts reproduced in the scanning process.
- Submission Date
- 04/29/2015
- Modified
- 08/11/2022
- Collections
- Building Oregon (open)
APA
Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (02 May 2024). Public Service Building and Garage (Portland, Oregon) Retrieved from https://www.oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67nb37w
MLA
Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Public Service Building and Garage (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 02 May 2024. https://www.oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67nb37w
Chicago
Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Public Service Building and Garage (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-05-02. https://www.oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67nb37w
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