Portland City Hall, Portland, Oregon
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Rose Red
N 45° 30.900 W 122° 40.750
10T E 525058 N 5040213
Portland City Hall (1895/1998) is located at 1220 SW Fifth Avenue (New Address) and 1221 SW Fourth Avenue (Old Address), Portland.
Waymark Code: WMMC6
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 08/16/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member silverquill
Views: 16



Portland City Hall (1895/1998) is located at 1220 SW Fifth Avenue (New Address) and 1221 SW Fourth Avenue (Old Address), Portland. Architect: Whidden and Lewis/Renovation by SERA Architects. Built in 1895 and restored in 1998, the Renaissance, Classical Revival style City Hall is one of the grandest buildings in Portland. When City Hall was built, it had one of the first steel frames in the state. The $30-million restoration program managed to return most of the original charm to the structure, much of which had been destroyed by haphazard changes over its lifetime. City Hall's rotunda on SW Fourth Avenue shows the damage where a huge construction crane crashed down just after the renovation had begun.

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Street address:
1220 SW Fifth Avenue (New Address)
1221 SW Fourth Avenue (Old Address)
Portland, Oregon USA
97204


County / Borough / Parish: Multnomah

Year listed: 1974

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering

Periods of significance: 1875-1899

Historic function: Local Government

Current function: Local Government

Privately owned?: no

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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