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Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • Portland Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • Skidmore Owings and Merrill (architecture firm)
  • A. William Rouzie (1924- )
  • Hoffman Construction Company (builder/contractor)
  • W. Jack Gilstrap (architect, 1922- )
  • David Pugh, Sr. (architect)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1960
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2009)
View
  • exterior: Entry canopy and plaza, Rose Garden Arena in background and Coliseum on the right.
View Date
  • 2009
Temporal
  • 1960-1969
MODS Note
  • This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.
Subject
Work Type
Style / Period
Location
Street Address
  • 1401 North Wheeler Avenue; 300 North Winning Street
Material
  • concrete; glass; metal; wood; plywood
Rights Holder
  • Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Identifier
  • OR_MultnomahCounty_MemorialColiseum_03.jpg
Source
Provenance
  • University of Oregon Libraries
Citation
  • Temko, Allan. "Portland's Great Hall of Glass." Architectural Forum 114, April 1961.
Institution
Conversion
  • This image is derived from a digital file (TIFF or JPG) received from the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office.
Submission Date
  • 05/04/2015
Modified
  • 08/12/2022
Collections

APA

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MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 19 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67rc751

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-19. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67rc751

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Hoffman Construction Company (Portland, Or.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96040481
2 Gilstrap, W. Jack http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/GilstrapWJack
3 Pugh, David, Sr. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/PughDavidSr
4 Rouzie, A. William http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/RouzieAWilliam
5 Skidmore, Owings and Merrill http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500045910
6 Kristen Minor Peter Meijer Architect P. C. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/KristenMinorPeterMeijerArchitectPC
7 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
8 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
9 auditoriums http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300004394
10 No label found http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/workType/arenas
11 stadiums http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007271
12 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
13 cultural centers (buildings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005135
14 recreation buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007193
15 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
16 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
17 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
18 sports buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007250
19 International Style (modern European architecture style) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021472
20 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
21 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
22 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
23 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
24 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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