Pacific Building
The Pacific Building
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Portland Historic Landmark[2]
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The Pacific Building.
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Location | 520 SW Yamhill Street Portland, Oregon |
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Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1926 |
Architect | A.E. Doyle & Associates |
Architectural style | Renaissance, other |
NRHP Reference # | 92000091 [1] |
Added to NRHP | March 5, 1992 |
The Pacific Building is a historic office building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 5, 1992.[3]
This building was the second of three similarly-Italianate buildings built in Portland by prolific local architect A.E. Doyle's firm. The project's primary designer, Charles K. Greene, worked on the trio of Italianate Doyle-commissioned buildings in Portland: the smaller Bank of California Building (also completed in 1924), The Pacific Building, and the Public Service Building (a skyscraper completed in 1928). A young Pietro Belluschi started his career with A.E. Doyle working on this building, and later in it. Upon its opening in 1926, Doyle moved his firm's headquarters into the Pacific Building.[4]
The lobby of the 10-story building was designed by Belluschi, and connected to Portland's first underground parking garage.[5] The connection to the parking garage was lost in 2000 when the former bus station to the south (which sat on top of the garage) was torn down and replaced by an annex to the nearby Hilton Hotel. Architecturally, the Pacific Building appears to combine the Chicago School with Italian Renaissance architecture. The red tile roof and dormers combine with geometric windows that are almost flush with the facade to achieve this effect.[6]
The lot upon which the Pacific Building stands is across Yamhill Street from Pioneer Courthouse, in the heart of downtown Portland. The entire lot once was the grounds of the Henry Corbett mansion (built 1875), which remained until construction began on the Pacific Building. Corbett's widow kept a cow on the grounds at one time while a major city grew around it. This juxtapositioning of the old and new earned the lot a nickname: "The Million Dollar Cowpasture".[4]
See also
- Architecture of Portland, Oregon
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland, Oregon
References
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- Buildings and structures completed in 1926
- Buildings and structures in Portland, Oregon
- National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Oregon
- Pietro Belluschi buildings
- 1926 establishments in Oregon
- A. E. Doyle buildings
- Southwest Portland, Oregon
- Portland Historic Landmarks