Hamilton Building
Historic building in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
United States historic place
Hamilton Building | |
Portland Historic Landmark[2] | |
 The Hamilton Building (center). | |
45°31′09″N 122°40′31″W / 45.519263°N 122.675327°W / 45.519263; -122.675327 | |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
|---|---|
| Built | 1893 |
| Architect | Whidden & Lewis |
| Architectural style | Early Commercial |
| NRHP reference No. | 77001112[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 17, 1977 |
The Hamilton Building is a historic office building in downtown Portland, Oregon. It went through a renovation in 1977,[3] and was listed on National Register of Historic Places in March of that year.[4] It is the neighbor of the Dekum Building, a fellow NRHP listing on Third Avenue.
The building, completed in 1893, is an anomaly among its contemporaries. While many buildings built during the late 19th century were often ornate, the Hamilton building has little decoration. It is said that architects Whidden & Lewis designed a ground-breaking building, built decades ahead of later (and similar) trends in commercial architecture. Decoration comes in the form of granite-clad cast iron entry columns and cable mouldings, set against a Japanese-brick facade.[3]
The Hamilton Building is 6 stories tall, and is named after Hamilton Corbett, son of Henry W. Corbett. It is also the first building in Portland designed in the Classical Revival style.[5]
See also
- Architecture of Portland, Oregon
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland, Oregon
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved November 7, 2013.
- ^ a b King, Bart: An Architectural Guidebook to Portland, p. 149. Gibbs Smith, 2001
- ^ "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
- ^ "Emporis: Hamilton Building". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
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