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Cambridge Block (Portland, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • Jenning's Furniture Company (Portland, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • Warren Haywood Williams (architect, 1844-1888)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1884
Description
  • This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
  • demolished 1962
View
  • exterior
View Date
  • 1955-09-17
Temporal
  • 1880-1889
MODS Note
  • The Cambridge Block was built by Henry W. Corbett, former U. S. Senator from Oregon. It consisted of three buildings with entrances on both 3rd Avenue and Morrison Street that were unified by a consistent facade featuring cast iron. It was demolished in 1962.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Street Address
  • west side of 3rd Avenue and Morrison Street
Material
  • cast iron
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon
Identifier
  • pna_07411
Item Locator
  • mdr08412
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
  • 04/29/2015
Modified
  • 08/11/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (19 Apr 2024). Cambridge Block (Portland, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67nb41g

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Cambridge Block (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 19 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67nb41g

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Cambridge Block (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-19. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67nb41g

Wiki

{{cite web | url= https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67nb41g | title= Cambridge Block (Portland, Oregon) |author= |accessdate= 2024-04-19 |publisher= }}
Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Williams, Warren Heywood http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500071604
2 Ross, Marion Dean http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82202764
3 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
4 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
5 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
6 ironwork (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015338
7 commercial buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005147
8 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
9 mercantile buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005230
10 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
11 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
12 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
13 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
14 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
15 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
16 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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