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United States Custom House (Portland, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • U. S. Custom House (Portland, Oregon)
  • United States Customs House (Portland, Oregon)
  • U. S. Customhouse (Portland, Oregon)
  • United States Customhouse (Portland, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • James Knox Taylor (architect, 1857-1929)
  • Edgar Marks Lazarus (construction superintendent, 1868-1939)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1898/1901
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1973)
View
  • exterior: detail view of window and ornamentation
View Date
  • 2009-11-16
  • 2009-11-12
  • 2010-05-14
  • 2009-10-27
Temporal
  • 1900-1909
  • 1890-1899
MODS Note
  • 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.
  • The U. S. Custom House was designed and built by the Office of Supervising Architect of the United States Treasury. James Knox Taylor was head of the office from October 1897 until July 1912. Edgar M. Lazarus was the local architect in Portland designated as superintendent of construction for this work. An article in the Morning Oregonian, March 3, 1898, confirms that plans for the building were ready before Lazarus was hired for his supervisory role.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Street Address
  • 220 Northwest 8th Avenue
GPS Latitude
  • 45.524828
GPS Longitude
  • -122.678087
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon
Identifier
  • pna_2
Source
  • Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
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
  • 05/04/2015
Modified
  • 08/11/2022
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APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (19 Apr 2024). United States Custom House (Portland, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67rt16j

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "United States Custom House (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 19 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67rt16j

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "United States Custom House (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-19. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67rt16j

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Taylor, James Knox http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500015123
2 Lazarus, Edgar M. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/LazarusEdgarM
3 Ross, Marion Dean http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82202764
4 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
5 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
6 customhouses http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005998
7 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
8 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
9 government office buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005993
10 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
11 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
12 public buildings (governmental buildings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300008059
13 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
14 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
15 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
16 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
17 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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