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Dekum Building (Portland, Oregon)

Creator Display
  • McCaw & Martin (architecture firm, 1889-1898)
  • Richard H. Martin, Jr. (architect, 1858-1950)
  • J. B. Bridges (builder/contractor)
  • William Frederick McCaw (architect, 1850-?)
  • M. A. Rowe (builder/contractor)
Creator
Date
  • 1892
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1980)
View
  • exterior: detail keystone.
Temporal
  • 1890-1899
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.
  • "The Dekum Building; Modern in All Its Appointments; One of the Finest Business Blocks on the Coast - Built without Regard to Expense -- Individual Contractors," Morning Oregonian, October 12, 1892, 9.
  • The McCaw & Martin's plans for the Dekum Building were ready by January 1891. The building opened in October 1892. Contractors, suppliers, and contributors included Portland Pressed Brick Company, Keatinge & Leonard (concrete pavement and illuminating ti
Subject
Work Type
Location
Street Address
  • 519 Southwest 3rd Avenue
GPS Latitude
  • 45.519421
GPS Longitude
  • -122.67503
Rights Holder
  • Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Identifier
  • pna_04080
Item Locator
  • 726 AmO P83b D369 03; 87-07172;
Source
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
  • 04/28/2015
Modified
  • 08/12/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (20 Apr 2024). Dekum Building (Portland, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67kj535

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Dekum Building (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 20 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67kj535

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Dekum Building (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-20. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67kj535

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Bridges, J. B. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/BridgesJB
2 Martin, Richard H., Jr. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/MartinRichardHJr
3 McCaw, William F. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/McCawWilliamF
4 McCaw & Martin http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/McCawandMartin
5 Rowe, M. A. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/RoweMA
6 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
7 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
8 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
9 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
10 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
11 commercial buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005147
12 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
13 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
14 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
15 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
16 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
17 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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