Pacific Hardware & Steel Company Warehouse (Portland, Oregon)
- Title
- Pacific Hardware & Steel Company Warehouse (Portland, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- Creator
- Bennes & Hendricks Bennes, John V. Hendricks, Eric W.
- Creator Display
- Bennes & Hendricks (architecture firm, 1910-1913) John Virginius Bennes (architect, 1867-1943) Eric W. Hendricks (architect, 1862- )
- 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. National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form
- Provenance
- University of Oregon Libraries
- Temporal
- 1910-1919
- Style Period
- Italianate (North American architecture styles )
- Work Type
- architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views facilities, commercial storage facilities warehouses plans (orthographic projections) plans, floor
- Latitude
- 45.541138
- Longitude
- -122.698123
- Location
- Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
- Street Address
- 2181 Northwest Nicolai Street
- Date
- 1910
- View Date
- 2008
- Identifier
- mult_portland_pacific.pdf
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- University of Oregon
- Type
- Image
- Format
- application/pdf
- Material
- concrete, brick, with built-up roof
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Note
- The Pacific Hardware & Steel Company Warehouse is a four-story masonry structure with timber posts and beams. The building, which does not fit any particular style, features a three-story frame around the main entry. ornamentation made from cement reminiscent of Art Nouveau style, and a belt course between the third and fourth stories. Pacific Hardware & Steel Company of San Francisco opened its first branch in Portland in 1903. This building is particularly significant as the best example of a warehouse designed by Bennes and Hendricks-a young Portland firm that demonstrated its capability in executing buildings with complex engineering requirements. John Bennes' significance in the history of Oregon's architecture is well established with his diverse portfolio of building types and styles. He has been best known for his contributions to residential architecture in Portland and his educational facilities at the Oregon State University campus. However, a review of Bennes and Hendricks' warehouse architecture indicates this firm was capable of engineering technologically-advanced industrial buildings in addition to designing beautiful homes, fancy downtown hotels, and stately university halls. The PHSC Warehouse combines the practical considerations of a working industrial building with the aesthetic requirements of a regional headquarters office for an expanding San Francisco company. The successful execution of this warehouse and the fact that it is the only example by Bennes and Hendricks with high historical integrity make this building worthy of preservation. Source: National Register Nomination Form
