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.
- Photographer
- Ross, Marion Dean
- 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
- 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_06356
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- University of Oregon
- Source
- Gift of Wallace K. Huntington from the estate of Marion Dean Ross
- 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.
