Neighborhood House (Portland, Oregon)
- Title
- Neighborhood House (Portland, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- Alternative
- National Council of Jewish Women House (Portland, Oregon) Cedarwood Waldorf School (Portland, Oregon) Indochinese Cultural and Service Center (Portland, Oregon)
- Creator
- Doyle, Albert E. A. E. Doyle & Associates
- Creator Display
- Albert Ernest Doyle (architect, 1877-1928) A. E. Doyle & Associates (architecture firm, 1915-1928)
- Description
- National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1979)
- View
- exterior: detail, cornice.
- Provenance
- Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
- Temporal
- 1910-1919
- Style Period
- Georgian Revival
- Work Type
- architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views community centers welfare buildings settlement houses
- Latitude
- 45.501266
- Longitude
- -122.679468
- Location
- Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
- Street Address
- 3030 Southwest 2nd Avenue
- Date
- 1910
- Identifier
- pna_06036
- Item Locator
- 726 AmO P83p N316 03; 87-07473;
- Rights
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Source
- Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- brick; terra cotta
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Note
- Neighborhood House was built for the National Council of Jewish Women as a settlement home for European immigrants. The building was used for English and other classes, and housed a gymnasium and library. By 1915, it housed a clinic and neighborhood newspaper. During World War II, the building became a United Services Organization center and used for entertainment. The building was leased to Neighborhood House Incorporated, a United Way agency, from 1952 to 1979. From 1952 to 1979, it was leased to Neighborhood House Inc., a United Way agency. In 1979, the building became the headquarters for the Indochinese Cultural and Service Center. The Young Mens Christian Association used the site for day care and other activities in the 1990s. In 2000, the Neighborhood House was purchased by the Cedarwood Waldorf School.
