511 Federal Building
U.S. Post Office (Portland, Oregon) | |
Location | 511 NW Broadway Portland, Oregon |
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Coordinates | 45°31′37″N 122°40′41″W / 45.526955°N 122.678152°W |
Built | 1916–1918[2] |
Architect | Lewis P. Hobart |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 79002143[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 18, 1979 [1] |
The 511 Federal Building is a former federal post office that currently houses the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) in Portland, Oregon, United States. PNCA moved into the building in February 2015, after a $32 million remodeling project.[3]
Previous occupants of the building included the Department of Homeland Security offices for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,[4] as well as the Department of Agriculture.
The building was constructed in 1916–1918 and opened in 1919[2] after being commissioned by the Secretary of the Treasury, one of the last post offices built under the 1893 Tarsney Act, and cost $1 million.[4] It was designed by architect Lewis P. Hobart.[2] It is located between Portland's Old Town Chinatown and the Pearl District. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places[4] in 1979, as the U.S. Post Office.[2][1] The building is six stories tall and has a footprint of approximately 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2).[5] It has a basement and sub-basement, complete with walled off shanghai tunnels.
Gallery
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Circa 1920 picture of the building, viewed from the southeast
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2015 picture, shortly after completion of renovation work
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511 Building Cornerstone
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East entrance in 2008
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Cast bronze lamp over entrance
References
- ^ a b c "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 41. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Bak, Kristine (1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: U.S. Post Office (Portland, Oregon)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
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(help) - ^ a b Gallivan, Joseph (February 5, 2015). "Art school tries on a grown-up building: PNCA moves into the spectacularly renovated old Federal building on the North Park Blocks". Portland Tribune. p. 1. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
- ^ a b c Redden, Jim (October 26, 2007). "Groups covet historic building: PNCA and Portland Public Market both seek space on Broadway for future home". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ Curl, Aimee (March 10, 2003). "Bureau of Immigration and Customs looks for new Portland office space". Daily Journal of Commerce. Portland. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
External links
- Media related to 511 Federal Building at Wikimedia Commons
- Federal buildings in the United States
- 1918 establishments in Oregon
- Government buildings completed in 1918
- Government buildings in Portland, Oregon
- Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
- National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Oregon
- Neoclassical architecture in Oregon
- Pacific Northwest College of Art
- Pearl District, Portland, Oregon
- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon