Paul Bunyan Statue (Portland, Oregon)

Title

Paul Bunyan Statue (Portland, Oregon)

LC Subject

Architecture, American Architecture--United States

Creator

Nelson, Victor R. Kenton Machine Works

Photographer

Johnson, Ian P.

Creator Display

Victor R. Nelson (designer) Kenton Machine Works (builder/contractor)

Description

National Register of Historic Places, http://www.nps.gov/nr

View

view: North side of the statue, looking south, overview of streetscape

Provenance

University of Oregon Libraries

Temporal

1950-1959

Work Type

architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views sculpture (visual work) outdoor sculpture public sculpture folk art (traditional art) monuments

Location

Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States

Street Address

corner of North Denver Avenue and North Interstate Avenue

Date

1959

View Date

2008-08

Identifier

OR_MultnomahCounty_PaulBunyanStatue_001.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

steel; concrete; plaster

Set

Building Oregon

Primary Set

Building Oregon

Is Part Of

Oregon Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair (Portland, Oregon)

Institution

University of Oregon

Citation

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form

Note

The Paul Bunyan statue was erected in 1959 by the Kenton neighborhood, Portland, as part of the festivities celebrating the Oregon Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair, sited nearby, and taking place June 10 through September 17, 1959. From the National Register nomination, section 8, page 15: 'Oregon's roadside architecture is varied, but roadside representations of Paul Bunyan and loggers are popular topics. No other industry or living or mythical character is portrayed more often statewide. In Medford, Oregon, two 37-foot tin loggers greeted travelers until 1994 when they were moved to the Jackson County Fairgrounds. Another logger stands in front of BJ's Tools on the outskirts of Grants Pass. " The statue is a "muffler manni8 A diminutive statue of Ralph Bunyan, "Paul's little brother," stands in the town of Butte Falls. A more recent Buynan incarnation is outside Grants Pass at the Cedarwood Saloon where the owner transformed a muffler man originally designed a 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.