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Public Service Building and Garage (Portland, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • Pacific Power and Light Company (Portland, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • N. Clark & Son (terra cotta firm)
  • Albert Ernest Doyle (architect, 1877-1928)
  • William B. Patterson (construction superintendent)
  • James G. Beach (engineer)
  • Charles Kerwin Greene (architect, 1888-1953)
  • Doyle, Patterson & Beach (architecture firm, 1911-1913)
Creator
Date
  • 1928
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1996)
View
  • exterior
Temporal
  • 1920-1929
MODS Note
  • The Public Service Building was constructed to house the offices of the utilities, Portland Gas and Coke Company and the Pacific Light and Power Company, hence the building's name reflected these "public services". From 1928-1958, the Public Service Building was Portland's tallest building. The roof was originally red tile with neon letters on each side spelling GAS, POWER, HEAT, and LIGHT. The roof and signage were replaced in 1983 by a metal roof. Renovations occured in 1957, 1973, and 1999. The 1957 renovation increased the building's wings to 12 floors.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Street Address
  • 920 Southwest 6th Avenue
GPS Latitude
  • 45.517507
GPS Longitude
  • -122.679325
Material
  • terra cotta, brick
Identifier
  • pna_06044
Item Locator
  • 726 AmO P83p P96 03; 97-05022;
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
  • 07/27/2022
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Doyle, Albert E. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/DoyleAlbertE
2 Patterson, William B. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/PattersonWilliamB
3 Doyle Patterson & Beach http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/DoylePattersonandBeach
4 Greene, Charles K. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/GreeneCharlesK
5 Beach, James G. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/BeachJamesG
6 N. Clark & Son http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/NClarkandSon
7 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
8 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
9 commercial buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005147
10 office buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007043
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 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
15 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
16 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
17 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
18 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
19 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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