Dekum Building (Portland, Oregon)
- Title
- Dekum Building (Portland, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- Creator
- McCaw & Martin McCaw, William F. Martin, Richard H., Jr. Bridges, J. B. Rowe, M. A.
- Creator Display
- McCaw & Martin (architecture firm, 1889-1898) William Frederick McCaw (architect, 1850-?) Richard H. Martin, Jr. (architect, 1858-1950) J. B. Bridges (builder/contractor) M. A. Rowe (builder/contractor)
- Description
- National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1980)
- View
- exterior: close-up facade.
- Provenance
- Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
- Temporal
- 1890-1899
- Work Type
- architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views facilities, commercial
- Latitude
- 45.519421
- Longitude
- -122.67503
- Location
- Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
- Street Address
- 519 Southwest 3rd Avenue
- Date
- 1892
- Identifier
- pna_04081
- Item Locator
- 726 AmO P83b D369 04; 87-07173;
- Rights
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Rights Holder
- Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
- Source
- Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Note
- The McCaw & Martin's plans for the Dekum Building were ready by January 1891. The building opened in October 1892. Contractors, suppliers, and contributors included Portland Pressed Brick Company, Keatinge & Leonard (concrete pavement and illuminating ti "The Dekum Building; Modern in All Its Appointments; One of the Finest Business Blocks on the Coast - Built without Regard to Expense -- Individual Contractors," Morning Oregonian, October 12, 1892, 9. This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.
