Poppleton Building (Portland, Oregon)

Title
Poppleton Building (Portland, Oregon)
LC Subject
Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Alternative
Scharff Furniture Store (Portland, Oregon) Olds and King Store (Portland, Oregon) Edwards Furniture Store (Portland, Oregon)
Photographer
Ross, Marion Dean
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
Provenance
Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Temporal
1860-1869 1870-1879 1880-1889
Work Type
architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views facilities, commercial mercantiles (buildings) stores
Latitude
45.516845
Longitude
-122.673961
Location
Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
Street Address
818 Southwest 1st Avenue
Date
1867 1870/1879 1880/1889
View Date
1955-02
Identifier
pna_07351
Item Locator
mdr08348
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
Citation
Hawkins, William J., III. The Grand Era of Cast-Iron Architecture in Portland. Portland: Binford & Mort, 1976.
Note
Except for cast iron columns and pilasters dating from 1867, the Poppleton building was largely destroyed by fire in 1873 and reconstructed using original ironwork in mid-1870s. A third floor and mansard roof were later additions, probably in 1881.