Smithson & McKay Brothers Block (Portland, Oregon)
- Title
- Smithson & McKay Brothers Block (Portland, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- Alternative
- Smithson Block (Portland, Oregon)
- Photographer
- Towne
- Description
- This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
- View
- exterior: view of Smithson Block, Albina neighborhood of Portland
- Provenance
- Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
- Temporal
- 1890-1899
- Style Period
- Italianate (North American architecture styles ) Romanesque Revival
- Work Type
- architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views facilities, commercial mercantiles (buildings) stores architectural drawings (visual works)
- Latitude
- 45.540979
- Longitude
- -122.666451
- Location
- Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
- Street Address
- 921-929 North Russell Street
- Date
- 1890
- Identifier
- pna_20536
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- University of Oregon
- Source
- Oregonian's Handbook of the Pacific Northwest. Portland: Lewis & Drayton, 1894.
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- brick; cast stone
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Note
- "Among the handsome structures of that part of consolidatecl Portland known as Albina, the Smithson block, erected by A. J. Smithson in 1892, merits special mention. The material used in the construction of this fine building was preeeed brick. The interior finishing is in larch. The building is three stories high and presents an attractive appearance. The ground floor is divided into 8 five stotes. The corner and adjoining store 1 are occupied by L. Blumenthal & Co., clothiers. The next two stores are occupied by the Oregon Mercantile Company, wholesale and retail grocery and crockery dealers, while the fifth store is taken by the Delmonico restaurant. The upper stories contain 54 rooms, divided into suites. These rooms are handsomely furnished, lighted by electricity and supplied with the purest of water. The location is a convenient one, even for those who have business on the West Side, as it is reached by electric cars and by free ferry which connects Albina with Portland proper." Source: Oregonian's Handbook. proper.
