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Pacific Hardware & Steel Company Warehouse (Portland, Oregon)

Creator Display
  • Eric W. Hendricks (architect, 1862- )
  • Bennes & Hendricks (architecture firm, 1910-1913)
  • John Virginius Bennes (architect, 1867-1943)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1910
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2008)
View
  • exterior: South facade and southeast facade. View to northwest
View Date
  • 2008-07
Temporal
  • 1910-1919
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.
  • The Pacific Hardware & Steel Company Warehouse is a four-story masonry structure with timber posts and beams. The building, which does not fit any particular style, features a three-story frame around the main entry. ornamentation made from cement reminiscent of Art Nouveau style, and a belt course between the third and fourth stories. Pacific Hardware & Steel Company of San Francisco opened its first branch in Portland in 1903. This building is particularly significant as the best example of a warehouse designed by Bennes and Hendricks-a young Portland firm that demonstrated its capability in executing buildings with complex engineering requirements. John Bennes' significance in the history of Oregon's architecture is well established with his diverse portfolio of building types and styles. He has been best known for his contributions to residential architecture in Portland and his educational facilities at the Oregon State University campus. However, a review of Bennes and Hendricks' warehouse architecture indicates this firm was capable of engineering technologically-advanced industrial buildings in addition to designing beautiful homes, fancy downtown hotels, and stately university halls. The PHSC Warehouse combines the practical considerations of a working industrial building with the aesthetic requirements of a regional headquarters office for an expanding San Francisco company. The successful execution of this warehouse and the fact that it is the only example by Bennes and Hendricks with high historical integrity make this building worthy of preservation. Source: National Register Nomination Form
Subject
Work Type
Style / Period
Location
Street Address
  • 2181 Northwest Nicolai Street
GPS Latitude
  • 45.541138
GPS Longitude
  • -122.698123
Material
  • concrete, brick, with built-up roof
Rights Holder
  • Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Identifier
  • pna_99999
Source
Provenance
  • University of Oregon Libraries
Citation
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

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Chicago

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Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Hendricks, Eric W. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/HendricksEricW
2 Bennes & Hendricks http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/BennesandHendricks
3 Bennes, John V. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/BennesJohnV
4 Engeman, Jessica http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/EngemanJessica
5 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
6 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
7 commercial buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005147
8 storage facilities http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007700
9 warehouses http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007722
10 Italianate (architectural style) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300018207
11 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
12 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
13 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
14 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
15 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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