The Dekum Building is a historic office building at SW Third Avenue and Washington Street in downtown Portland, Oregon. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[3]
With its rusticated sandstone base, over-scaled arches at street level, and stone carvings, the eight-story building is a strong example of Romanesque Revival architecture. It's made completely from materials found in Oregon. Completed in 1892, it is named after Frank Dekum (1823–94), a German immigrant who opened Portland's first candy shop. Construction cost $300,000 in 1892 dollars. During construction, masons reportedly consumed beer instead of the usual coffee.[2]
From the 1990s until 2000, the Dekum Building was occupied by Wieden+Kennedy, made famous with Nike's Just Do It campaign.
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- Typethink, a creative web development, design, and software company.
- Glumac, which provides consulting engineering for green building.
- Site9, the developers of collaborative software, including ProtoShare.
- Small Society, which specializes in iPhone strategy and development.
- The Metropolitan Group, which provides public relations and communications for non-profits.
- Associated Design Consultants, which specializes in church, hospitality, and restaurant design.
- Janrain, which specializes in identity and user management software as a service.
- PHP Fog, a PHP-centric Platform as a Service company.
- TweakerLabs.com, simple, social mobile stock valuation tool; crowd-sourcing Wall Street.
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