Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)

Title: Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)
LC Subject: Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Alternative: Portland Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)
Creator: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Rouzie, A. William Gilstrap, W. Jack Pugh, David, Sr. Hoffman Construction Company (Portland, Or.)
Creator Display: Skidmore Owings and Merrill (architecture firm) A. William Rouzie (1924- ) David Pugh, Sr. (architect) W. Jack Gilstrap (architect, 1922- ) Hoffman Construction Company (builder/contractor)
Description: National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2009)
View: interior: Typical basement-level meeting room (Simpson Room shown).
Provenance: University of Oregon Libraries
Temporal: 1960-1969
Style Period: International Style (modern European architecture style)
Work Type: architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) interior views recreation buildings sports buildings cultural centers (buildings) auditoriums coliseums (stadiums) conference rooms
Location: Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
Street Address: 1401 North Wheeler Avenue; 300 North Winning Street
Date: 1960
View Date: 2009
Identifier: OR_MultnomahCounty_MemorialColiseum_15.jpg
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/jpeg
Material: concrete; glass; metal; wood; plywood
Set: Building Oregon
Primary Set: Building Oregon
Institution: University of Oregon
Citation: Temko, Allan. "Portland's Great Hall of Glass." Architectural Forum 114, April 1961.
Note: 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.