Wells Fargo Building (Portland, Oregon)
Wells Fargo Building | |
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Alternative names | Porter Building US National Bank Building[citation needed] |
General information | |
Type | Commercial offices |
Location | 309 SW 6th Avenue Portland, Oregon |
Construction started | 1905 |
Completed | 1907 |
Height | |
Roof | 56.4 m (185 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 12 |
Floor area | 20,903 sq ft (1,942.0 m2) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Benjamin Wistar Morris, III |
Wells Fargo Building | |
Portland Historic Landmark[1] | |
Architectural style | Neo-Renaissance |
NRHP reference No. | 86002839 |
Added to NRHP | October 9, 1986 |
References | |
[2][3] |
The Wells Fargo Building is a historic office building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The large doorstep at the building's entryway required the largest slab of granite ever shipped to Portland at the time.[4] Completed in 1907, the steel-framed building is considered the city's first true skyscraper. At 12 stories and with a height of 182 feet (55 m),[5] it was the tallest building in Portland[2][3] (and indeed in all of Oregon),[citation needed] exclusive of towers,[5] and remained so for four years. The clock tower of the 1892-completed Oregonian Building, which measured 194 feet (59 m) in height, made that building the tallest in the city overall.[5]
In 1986, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6]
See also
- Architecture of Portland, Oregon
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland, Oregon
References
- ^ Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved November 13, 2013.
- ^ a b Wells Fargo Building at Emporis
- ^ a b "Wells Fargo Building". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ King, Bart (2001). An Architectural Guidebook to Portland. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith. p. 25. ISBN 9780879059910.
- ^ a b c "Yeon Skyscraper Starts March 10". (February 6, 1910). The Sunday Oregonian, Section 4, p. 12.
- ^ "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2011.