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Earl Apartments (Portland, Oregon)

Date
  • 1906
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.
View
  • exterior
View Date
  • 1998
Temporal
  • 1900-1909
MODS Note
  • This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.
  • "Description: These four multi-family residences have rectilinear plans and front onto NW Glisan Street. Originally detached, they were minimally connected via a breezeway at the rear entrance locations at an unknown date. The buildings have wood frames, concrete foundations, and partial above-grade basements. The hip roofs have overhanging eaves and paneled friezes. Hipped dormers are located on the south facades. Lap siding and corner boards cover the exteriors. The main entrances are located on the south facades. Each full-facade porch is topped with a balcony and features Tuscan columns and turned balusters. The doors are slightly recessed and have leaded-glass lights. There are additional entrances on the west facades through three-light wood doors. The predominant window type is one-over-one, double-hung wood sash. On the east facade, there are oriel windows supported by brackets. The external brick chimneys have corbeled tops. Significance: This property was owned for nearly 12 years by leading Portland merchant and banker, Herman "Joe" Hirschberg. A native of Germany, Hirschberg taught himself English by subscribing to the Oregonian. In 1919, Hirschberg, already a prosperous merchant, organized and became president of the Independence National Bank, which later became the First National Bank. These four buildings are considered to be contributing within the district as good examples of Craftsman style multi-family residences and are therefore significant as part of the larger grouping of residential development that occurred in the Northwest neighborhood." Source: National Register nomination.
Rights Holder
  • Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Identifier
  • pna_23315
Source
Provenance
  • Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Citation
  • Alphabet Historic District National Register Nomination
Is Part Of
  • Alphabet Historic District (Portland, Oregon)
Submission Date
  • 04/27/2015
Modified
  • 08/12/2022
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APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (20 Apr 2024). Earl Apartments (Portland, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67jr138

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Earl Apartments (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 20 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67jr138

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Earl Apartments (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-20. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67jr138

Wiki

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