Paul Bunyan Statue (Portland, Oregon)
- Title
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Paul Bunyan Statue (Portland, Oregon)
- LC Subject
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Architecture, American
Architecture--United States
- Creator
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Nelson, Victor R.
Kenton Machine Works
- Photographer
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Johnson, Ian P.
- Creator Display
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Victor R. Nelson (designer)
Kenton Machine Works (builder/contractor)
- Description
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National Register of Historic Places, http://www.nps.gov/nr
- View
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view: North side of the statue, looking south, overview of streetscape
- Provenance
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University of Oregon Libraries
- Temporal
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1950-1959
- Work Type
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architecture (object genre)
built works
views (visual works)
exterior views
sculpture (visual work)
outdoor sculpture
public sculpture
folk art (traditional art)
monuments
- Location
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Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States
Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States
Oregon >> United States
United States
- Street Address
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corner of North Denver Avenue and North Interstate Avenue
- Date
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1959
- View Date
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2008-08
- Identifier
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OR_MultnomahCounty_PaulBunyanStatue_001.jpg
- Rights
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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Rights Holder
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Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
- Source
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Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/
- Type
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Image
- Format
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image/jpeg
- Material
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steel; concrete; plaster
- Set
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Building Oregon
- Primary Set
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Building Oregon
- Is Part Of
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Oregon Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair (Portland, Oregon)
- Institution
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University of Oregon
- Citation
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National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
- Note
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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.