Columbia Building (Portland, Oregon)
- Title
- Columbia Building (Portland, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- Creator
- Lazarus, Edgar M.
- Photographer
- Angelus Studio
- Creator Display
- Edgar Marks Lazarus (architect, 1868-1939)
- 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, with the construction of the Pittock Block in front
- Provenance
- Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
- Temporal
- 1900-1909
- Work Type
- architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views facilities, commercial office buildings
- Location
- Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
- Street Address
- Southwest Washington Street and NW 9th Avenue
- Date
- 1905
- View Date
- 1913-06-24
- Identifier
- pna_21209
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- University of Oregon
- Source
- A. E. Doyle Collection, Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Note
- The Columbia Building was originally five stories and an additional two stories were added soon after construction. The building was demolished in 1972 to make way for O'Bryant Square which now occupies the site. Columbia Building was built for E. J. Blazier who operated Blazier Brothers Saloon, Burnside Street. Teague, Edward H. "Introducing Edgar Lazarus, The Architect of Vista House," Vista House Views, FOVH Newsletter, Spring 2011, p. 1-2, 7, 9, 10-11.
