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Dekum Building (Portland, Oregon)

Creator Display
  • McCaw & Martin (architecture firm, 1889-1898)
  • J. B. Bridges (builder/contractor)
  • Richard H. Martin, Jr. (architect, 1858-1950)
  • William Frederick McCaw (architect, 1850-?)
  • M. A. Rowe (builder/contractor)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1892
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1980)
View
  • exterior
Temporal
  • 1890-1899
MODS Note
  • "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
  • University of Oregon
Identifier
  • pna_06356
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
  • 04/28/2015
Modified
  • 08/11/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (20 Apr 2024). Dekum Building (Portland, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67m5354

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Dekum Building (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 20 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67m5354

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Dekum Building (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-20. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67m5354

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 McCaw, William F. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/McCawWilliamF
2 Rowe, M. A. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/RoweMA
3 McCaw & Martin http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/McCawandMartin
4 Bridges, J. B. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/BridgesJB
5 Martin, Richard H., Jr. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/MartinRichardHJr
6 Ross, Marion Dean http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82202764
7 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
8 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
9 commercial buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005147
10 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
11 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
12 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
13 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
14 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
15 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
16 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
17 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
18 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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