Wells Fargo Building (Portland, Oregon)
| Wells Fargo Building | |
|---|---|
 | |
  Location in Portland | |
| Alternative names | Porter Building US National Bank Building[citation needed] |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 309 SW 6th Avenue Portland, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 45°31′18″N 122°40′39″W / 45.521620°N 122.677575°W |
| 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 1946,[6] the building was purchased by the United States National Bank of Portland, whose headquarters was located in a smaller building located directly adjacent, immediately to the south. U.S. National Bank used the Wells Fargo Building to expand its downtown Portland headquarters.[7]
In 1986, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.[8]
See also
[edit]- Architecture of Portland, Oregon
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland, Oregon
References
[edit]- ^ Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved November 13, 2013.
- ^ a b "Emporis building ID 122629". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "$875,000 Annex for U. S. National; Porter Building Pioneers City's Steel Construction". (September 26, 1946). The Oregonian, p. 18.
- ^ Pratt, Gerry (October 28, 1970). "Bank Offers Bonus: New Life to Old Area". The Oregonian. p. 38.
- ^ "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
External links
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Media related to Wells Fargo Building (Portland, Oregon) at Wikimedia Commons- Portland Business Journal: Portland's first skyscraper passes the century mark
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- National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Oregon
- Wells Fargo buildings
- Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
- 1907 establishments in Oregon
- Buildings and structures in Southwest Portland, Oregon
- Portland Historic Landmarks