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United States Custom House (Portland, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • U. S. Customhouse (Portland, Oregon)
  • U. S. Custom House (Portland, Oregon)
  • United States Customhouse (Portland, Oregon)
  • United States Customs House (Portland, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • James Knox Taylor (architect, 1857-1929)
  • Edgar Marks Lazarus (construction superintendent, 1868-1939)
Creator
Date
  • 1898/1901
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1973)
View
  • exterior
Temporal
  • 1900-1909
  • 1890-1899
MODS Note
  • The U. S. Custom House was designed and built by the Office of Supervising Architect of the United States Treasury. James Knox Taylor was head of the office from October 1897 until July 1912. Edgar M. Lazarus was the local architect in Portland designated as superintendent of construction for this work. An article in the Morning Oregonian, March 3, 1898, confirms that plans for the building were ready before Lazarus was hired for his supervisory role.
  • Teague, Edward H. "Introducing Edgar Lazarus, The Architect of Vista House," Vista House Views, FOVH Newsletter, Spring 2011, p. 1-2, 7, 9, 10-11.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon
Identifier
  • pna_19718
Provenance
  • Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Citation
Institution
Submission Date
  • 04/27/2015
Modified
  • 08/11/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (16 Apr 2024). United States Custom House (Portland, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67jx342

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "United States Custom House (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 16 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67jx342

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "United States Custom House (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-16. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67jx342

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Lazarus, Edgar M. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/LazarusEdgarM
2 Taylor, James Knox http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500015123
3 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
4 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
5 public buildings (governmental buildings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300008059
6 government office buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005993
7 customhouses http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005998
8 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
9 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
10 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
11 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
12 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
13 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
14 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
15 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
16 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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