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United States Custom House (Portland, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • United States Customhouse (Portland, Oregon)
  • U. S. Customhouse (Portland, Oregon)
  • U. S. Custom House (Portland, Oregon)
  • United States Customs House (Portland, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • Edgar Marks Lazarus (construction superintendent, 1868-1939)
  • James Knox Taylor (architect, 1857-1929)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1898/1901
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1973)
View
  • exterior: detail view of window ornamentation. This view shows a cornice supported by two consoles resting atop an eared architrave. The frieze consists of five plaques or medallions bearing images that rest partially on top of the architrave.
View Date
  • 2009-10-27
  • 2010-05-14
  • 2009-11-12
  • 2009-11-16
Temporal
  • 1890-1899
  • 1900-1909
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
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (25 Apr 2024). United States Custom House (Portland, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67rt183

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "United States Custom House (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 25 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67rt183

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "United States Custom House (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-25. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67rt183

Wiki

{{cite web | url= https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67rt183 | title= United States Custom House (Portland, Oregon) |author= |accessdate= 2024-04-25 |publisher= }}
Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Lazarus, Edgar M. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/LazarusEdgarM
2 Taylor, James Knox http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500015123
3 Ross, Marion Dean http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82202764
4 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
5 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
6 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
7 customhouses http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005998
8 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
9 public buildings (governmental buildings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300008059
10 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
11 government office buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005993
12 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
13 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
14 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
15 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
16 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
17 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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