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Dekum Building (Portland, Oregon)

Creator Display
  • McCaw & Martin (architecture firm, 1889-1898)
  • Richard H. Martin, Jr. (architect, 1858-1950)
  • M. A. Rowe (builder/contractor)
  • J. B. Bridges (builder/contractor)
  • William Frederick McCaw (architect, 1850-?)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1892
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1980)
View
  • exterior
Temporal
  • 1890-1899
MODS Note
  • 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
  • "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.
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_06361
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
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APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (23 Apr 2024). Dekum Building (Portland, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67m547x

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Dekum Building (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 23 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67m547x

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Dekum Building (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-23. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67m547x

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--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
8 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
9 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
10 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
11 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
12 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
13 commercial buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005147
14 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
15 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
16 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
17 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
18 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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