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Electric Building (Portland, Oregon)


Alternative Title
  • Portland Railway, Light and Power Company Headquarters (Portland, Oregon)
  • Broadway Building (Portland, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • David Chambers Lewis (architect, 1867-1918)
  • Carl L. Linde (construction superintendent, 1864-1945)
  • Hurley-Mason Company (builder/contractor)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1910
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed 1989)
View
  • exterior
Temporal
  • 1910-1919
MODS Note
  • The National Register nomination incorrectly cites Edgar M. Lazarus as the architect of this building. The Oregonian (1909) and Portland Daily Abstracts (1909) confirm that David C. Lewis was the architect. The Lazarus office was responsible for 1906 designs that were not executed. Carl L. Linde was superintendent of construction. The design and construction of the Electric Building is thoroughly documented in articles in the Morning Oregonian.
  • 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
Street Address
  • 520 Southwest 6th Avenue
GPS Latitude
  • 45.519859
GPS Longitude
  • -122.67797
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon
Identifier
  • pna_06378
Source
  • Gift of Wallace K. Huntington from the estate of Marion Dean Ross
Provenance
  • Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Citation
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

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MLA

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Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Electric Building (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-23. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67m582h

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Linde, Carl L. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/LindeCarlL
2 Hurley-Mason Company http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/HurleyMasonCompany
3 Lewis, David C. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/LewisDavidC
4 Ross, Marion Dean http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82202764
5 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
6 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
7 stores (built works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005283
8 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
9 mercantile buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005230
10 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
11 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
12 commercial buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005147
13 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
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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