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- The Oregon Supreme Court Building was constructed in 1914 and designed in the Beaux Arts style by Oregon State Architect William C. Knighton. Home to the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon Judicial Department, and the Oregon State Law Library, this building is located in the southeast corner of the Salem Capitol Mall, adjacent to the State Capitol building and sharing a block with the Justice Building to the north. The building is surrounded by mature trees and greenspace, extending the park-like appearance of the Capitol Mall. It is a 57,650 square foot, three-story rectilinear building with basement and attic. It is constructed of steel and concrete, clad primarily in white terra cotta with a granite veneer foundation, and topped with a flat roof and parapet. Its Beaux Arts style is clearly expressed by classical detailing such as symmetrical elevations, engaged Ionic columns, a traditional entablature, segmental-arched windows, and a pedimented roof parapet with small arched battlements. The interior boasts original marble floors and wainscot, a bifurcated grand stair, ornate plaster ceilings, mahogany trim, and a stained-glass skylight at the third-floor courtroom designed by Portland's own Povey Brothers. Spared from the devastating capitol fire of 1935, the Oregon Supreme Court Building is the oldest government building in Salem. Little has changed of the exterior and primary interior spaces since its construction. The exterior was restored in 2014 to repair deteriorating terra cotta units. Primary interior spaces retain their original finishes such as marble wainscoting and mahogany trim, and the building continues its original function as a courthouse and law library. The building retains high integrity and serves as an icon for the Judicial branch of government in Oregon and as a rare example of early 20th century architecture in the Salem Capitol Mall.
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- The Oregon Supreme Court Building was constructed in 1914 and designed in the Beaux Arts style by Oregon State Architect William C. Knighton. Home to the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon Judicial Department, and the Oregon State Law Library, this building is located in the southeast corner of the Salem Capitol Mall, adjacent to the State Capitol building and sharing a block with the Justice Building to the north. The building is surrounded by mature trees and greenspace, extending the park-like appearance of the Capitol Mall. It is a 57,650 square foot, three-story rectilinear building with basement and attic. It is constructed of steel and concrete, clad primarily in white terra cotta with a granite veneer foundation, and topped with a flat roof and parapet. Its Beaux Arts style is clearly expressed by classical detailing such as symmetrical elevations, engaged Ionic columns, a traditional entablature, segmental-arched windows, and a pedimented roof parapet with small arched battlements. The interior boasts original marble floors and wainscot, a bifurcated grand stair, ornate plaster ceilings, mahogany trim, and a stained-glass skylight at the third-floor courtroom designed by Portland's own Povey Brothers. Spared from the devastating capitol fire of 1935, the Oregon Supreme Court Building is the oldest government building in Salem. Little has changed of the exterior and primary interior spaces since its construction. The exterior was restored in 2014 to repair deteriorating terra cotta units. Primary interior spaces retain their original finishes such as marble wainscoting and mahogany trim, and the building continues its original function as a courthouse and law library. The building retains high integrity and serves as an icon for the Judicial branch of government in Oregon and as a rare example of early 20th century architecture in the Salem Capitol Mall.
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- The Oregon Supreme Court Building was constructed in 1914 and designed in the Beaux Arts style by Oregon State Architect William C. Knighton. Home to the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon Judicial Department, and the Oregon State Law Library, this building is located in the southeast corner of the Salem Capitol Mall, adjacent to the State Capitol building and sharing a block with the Justice Building to the north. The building is surrounded by mature trees and greenspace, extending the park-like appearance of the Capitol Mall. It is a 57,650 square foot, three-story rectilinear building with basement and attic. It is constructed of steel and concrete, clad primarily in white terra cotta with a granite veneer foundation, and topped with a flat roof and parapet. Its Beaux Arts style is clearly expressed by classical detailing such as symmetrical elevations, engaged Ionic columns, a traditional entablature, segmental-arched windows, and a pedimented roof parapet with small arched battlements. The interior boasts original marble floors and wainscot, a bifurcated grand stair, ornate plaster ceilings, mahogany trim, and a stained-glass skylight at the third-floor courtroom designed by Portland's own Povey Brothers. Spared from the devastating capitol fire of 1935, the Oregon Supreme Court Building is the oldest government building in Salem. Little has changed of the exterior and primary interior spaces since its construction. The exterior was restored in 2014 to repair deteriorating terra cotta units. Primary interior spaces retain their original finishes such as marble wainscoting and mahogany trim, and the building continues its original function as a courthouse and law library. The building retains high integrity and serves as an icon for the Judicial branch of government in Oregon and as a rare example of early 20th century architecture in the Salem Capitol Mall.
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- The Oregon Supreme Court Building was constructed in 1914 and designed in the Beaux Arts style by Oregon State Architect William C. Knighton. Home to the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon Judicial Department, and the Oregon State Law Library, this building is located in the southeast corner of the Salem Capitol Mall, adjacent to the State Capitol building and sharing a block with the Justice Building to the north. The building is surrounded by mature trees and greenspace, extending the park-like appearance of the Capitol Mall. It is a 57,650 square foot, three-story rectilinear building with basement and attic. It is constructed of steel and concrete, clad primarily in white terra cotta with a granite veneer foundation, and topped with a flat roof and parapet. Its Beaux Arts style is clearly expressed by classical detailing such as symmetrical elevations, engaged Ionic columns, a traditional entablature, segmental-arched windows, and a pedimented roof parapet with small arched battlements. The interior boasts original marble floors and wainscot, a bifurcated grand stair, ornate plaster ceilings, mahogany trim, and a stained-glass skylight at the third-floor courtroom designed by Portland's own Povey Brothers. Spared from the devastating capitol fire of 1935, the Oregon Supreme Court Building is the oldest government building in Salem. Little has changed of the exterior and primary interior spaces since its construction. The exterior was restored in 2014 to repair deteriorating terra cotta units. Primary interior spaces retain their original finishes such as marble wainscoting and mahogany trim, and the building continues its original function as a courthouse and law library. The building retains high integrity and serves as an icon for the Judicial branch of government in Oregon and as a rare example of early 20th century architecture in the Salem Capitol Mall.
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- The Oregon Supreme Court Building was constructed in 1914 and designed in the Beaux Arts style by Oregon State Architect William C. Knighton. Home to the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon Judicial Department, and the Oregon State Law Library, this building is located in the southeast corner of the Salem Capitol Mall, adjacent to the State Capitol building and sharing a block with the Justice Building to the north. The building is surrounded by mature trees and greenspace, extending the park-like appearance of the Capitol Mall. It is a 57,650 square foot, three-story rectilinear building with basement and attic. It is constructed of steel and concrete, clad primarily in white terra cotta with a granite veneer foundation, and topped with a flat roof and parapet. Its Beaux Arts style is clearly expressed by classical detailing such as symmetrical elevations, engaged Ionic columns, a traditional entablature, segmental-arched windows, and a pedimented roof parapet with small arched battlements. The interior boasts original marble floors and wainscot, a bifurcated grand stair, ornate plaster ceilings, mahogany trim, and a stained-glass skylight at the third-floor courtroom designed by Portland's own Povey Brothers. Spared from the devastating capitol fire of 1935, the Oregon Supreme Court Building is the oldest government building in Salem. Little has changed of the exterior and primary interior spaces since its construction. The exterior was restored in 2014 to repair deteriorating terra cotta units. Primary interior spaces retain their original finishes such as marble wainscoting and mahogany trim, and the building continues its original function as a courthouse and law library. The building retains high integrity and serves as an icon for the Judicial branch of government in Oregon and as a rare example of early 20th century architecture in the Salem Capitol Mall.
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- The Oregon Supreme Court Building was constructed in 1914 and designed in the Beaux Arts style by Oregon State Architect William C. Knighton. Home to the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon Judicial Department, and the Oregon State Law Library, this building is located in the southeast corner of the Salem Capitol Mall, adjacent to the State Capitol building and sharing a block with the Justice Building to the north. The building is surrounded by mature trees and greenspace, extending the park-like appearance of the Capitol Mall. It is a 57,650 square foot, three-story rectilinear building with basement and attic. It is constructed of steel and concrete, clad primarily in white terra cotta with a granite veneer foundation, and topped with a flat roof and parapet. Its Beaux Arts style is clearly expressed by classical detailing such as symmetrical elevations, engaged Ionic columns, a traditional entablature, segmental-arched windows, and a pedimented roof parapet with small arched battlements. The interior boasts original marble floors and wainscot, a bifurcated grand stair, ornate plaster ceilings, mahogany trim, and a stained-glass skylight at the third-floor courtroom designed by Portland's own Povey Brothers. Spared from the devastating capitol fire of 1935, the Oregon Supreme Court Building is the oldest government building in Salem. Little has changed of the exterior and primary interior spaces since its construction. The exterior was restored in 2014 to repair deteriorating terra cotta units. Primary interior spaces retain their original finishes such as marble wainscoting and mahogany trim, and the building continues its original function as a courthouse and law library. The building retains high integrity and serves as an icon for the Judicial branch of government in Oregon and as a rare example of early 20th century architecture in the Salem Capitol Mall.
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- The Oregon Supreme Court Building was constructed in 1914 and designed in the Beaux Arts style by Oregon State Architect William C. Knighton. Home to the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon Judicial Department, and the Oregon State Law Library, this building is located in the southeast corner of the Salem Capitol Mall, adjacent to the State Capitol building and sharing a block with the Justice Building to the north. The building is surrounded by mature trees and greenspace, extending the park-like appearance of the Capitol Mall. It is a 57,650 square foot, three-story rectilinear building with basement and attic. It is constructed of steel and concrete, clad primarily in white terra cotta with a granite veneer foundation, and topped with a flat roof and parapet. Its Beaux Arts style is clearly expressed by classical detailing such as symmetrical elevations, engaged Ionic columns, a traditional entablature, segmental-arched windows, and a pedimented roof parapet with small arched battlements. The interior boasts original marble floors and wainscot, a bifurcated grand stair, ornate plaster ceilings, mahogany trim, and a stained-glass skylight at the third-floor courtroom designed by Portland's own Povey Brothers. Spared from the devastating capitol fire of 1935, the Oregon Supreme Court Building is the oldest government building in Salem. Little has changed of the exterior and primary interior spaces since its construction. The exterior was restored in 2014 to repair deteriorating terra cotta units. Primary interior spaces retain their original finishes such as marble wainscoting and mahogany trim, and the building continues its original function as a courthouse and law library. The building retains high integrity and serves as an icon for the Judicial branch of government in Oregon and as a rare example of early 20th century architecture in the Salem Capitol Mall.
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- The Oregon Supreme Court Building was constructed in 1914 and designed in the Beaux Arts style by Oregon State Architect William C. Knighton. Home to the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon Judicial Department, and the Oregon State Law Library, this building is located in the southeast corner of the Salem Capitol Mall, adjacent to the State Capitol building and sharing a block with the Justice Building to the north. The building is surrounded by mature trees and greenspace, extending the park-like appearance of the Capitol Mall. It is a 57,650 square foot, three-story rectilinear building with basement and attic. It is constructed of steel and concrete, clad primarily in white terra cotta with a granite veneer foundation, and topped with a flat roof and parapet. Its Beaux Arts style is clearly expressed by classical detailing such as symmetrical elevations, engaged Ionic columns, a traditional entablature, segmental-arched windows, and a pedimented roof parapet with small arched battlements. The interior boasts original marble floors and wainscot, a bifurcated grand stair, ornate plaster ceilings, mahogany trim, and a stained-glass skylight at the third-floor courtroom designed by Portland's own Povey Brothers. Spared from the devastating capitol fire of 1935, the Oregon Supreme Court Building is the oldest government building in Salem. Little has changed of the exterior and primary interior spaces since its construction. The exterior was restored in 2014 to repair deteriorating terra cotta units. Primary interior spaces retain their original finishes such as marble wainscoting and mahogany trim, and the building continues its original function as a courthouse and law library. The building retains high integrity and serves as an icon for the Judicial branch of government in Oregon and as a rare example of early 20th century architecture in the Salem Capitol Mall.
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- The Oregon Supreme Court Building was constructed in 1914 and designed in the Beaux Arts style by Oregon State Architect William C. Knighton. Home to the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon Judicial Department, and the Oregon State Law Library, this building is located in the southeast corner of the Salem Capitol Mall, adjacent to the State Capitol building and sharing a block with the Justice Building to the north. The building is surrounded by mature trees and greenspace, extending the park-like appearance of the Capitol Mall. It is a 57,650 square foot, three-story rectilinear building with basement and attic. It is constructed of steel and concrete, clad primarily in white terra cotta with a granite veneer foundation, and topped with a flat roof and parapet. Its Beaux Arts style is clearly expressed by classical detailing such as symmetrical elevations, engaged Ionic columns, a traditional entablature, segmental-arched windows, and a pedimented roof parapet with small arched battlements. The interior boasts original marble floors and wainscot, a bifurcated grand stair, ornate plaster ceilings, mahogany trim, and a stained-glass skylight at the third-floor courtroom designed by Portland's own Povey Brothers. Spared from the devastating capitol fire of 1935, the Oregon Supreme Court Building is the oldest government building in Salem. Little has changed of the exterior and primary interior spaces since its construction. The exterior was restored in 2014 to repair deteriorating terra cotta units. Primary interior spaces retain their original finishes such as marble wainscoting and mahogany trim, and the building continues its original function as a courthouse and law library. The building retains high integrity and serves as an icon for the Judicial branch of government in Oregon and as a rare example of early 20th century architecture in the Salem Capitol Mall.
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- The Oregon Supreme Court Building was constructed in 1914 and designed in the Beaux Arts style by Oregon State Architect William C. Knighton. Home to the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon Judicial Department, and the Oregon State Law Library, this building is located in the southeast corner of the Salem Capitol Mall, adjacent to the State Capitol building and sharing a block with the Justice Building to the north. The building is surrounded by mature trees and greenspace, extending the park-like appearance of the Capitol Mall. It is a 57,650 square foot, three-story rectilinear building with basement and attic. It is constructed of steel and concrete, clad primarily in white terra cotta with a granite veneer foundation, and topped with a flat roof and parapet. Its Beaux Arts style is clearly expressed by classical detailing such as symmetrical elevations, engaged Ionic columns, a traditional entablature, segmental-arched windows, and a pedimented roof parapet with small arched battlements. The interior boasts original marble floors and wainscot, a bifurcated grand stair, ornate plaster ceilings, mahogany trim, and a stained-glass skylight at the third-floor courtroom designed by Portland's own Povey Brothers. Spared from the devastating capitol fire of 1935, the Oregon Supreme Court Building is the oldest government building in Salem. Little has changed of the exterior and primary interior spaces since its construction. The exterior was restored in 2014 to repair deteriorating terra cotta units. Primary interior spaces retain their original finishes such as marble wainscoting and mahogany trim, and the building continues its original function as a courthouse and law library. The building retains high integrity and serves as an icon for the Judicial branch of government in Oregon and as a rare example of early 20th century architecture in the Salem Capitol Mall.
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- The Elmer and Linnie Miller house is a 2 and 1/2 story Queen Anne style residence, located at 89 NE Thompson Street in the Eliot neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. The 1896 house occupies a footprint of approximately 3,403 square feet (not including basement or attic) on its 7,000 square foot corner lot. The house has a brick foundation and is wood-framed. It features a steeply pitched hipped roof with multiple dormers and an exuberant corner turret, and occupies a slightly larger lot than most of its neighbors on the block. The house exhibits the character-defining features of the Queen Anne style including an asymmetrical plan with multiple bays and extensions; an octagonal turret with steeply pitched roof; tall, gabled dormers at front and sides over protruding polygonal bays; double-hung one-over-one wood windows; brick chimney with corbeled top; and an elaborately asymmetrical wrap-around porch featuring a circular end around the tower and an angled extension at the other front corner, with single and paired Doric columns on square bases. Also indicative of the Queen Anne style are a bracketed polygonal bay, paired main entrance doors with an art glass transom, and the use of drop siding and fishscale shingles at the exterior. At the interior, original features include dark-stained wood stair paneling and highly decorative spindlework stair railing, pocket and five-panel doors with ornate hardware, coved plaster ceilings, a tile-front fireplace with decorative wood surround, highly detailed door and window casings and other wood trim and built-in cabinetry. Overall, the house retains a high level of integrity. The rear of the house (north side) has been extended slightly and expanded from one story to two in several successive steps, the first of which occurred sometime before 1909. No other significant alterations have been made to the exterior of the house, and interior changes have been minimal, and so, despite these few changes, the Miller house retains its historic integrity.
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- The Oregon Supreme Court Building was constructed in 1914 and designed in the Beaux Arts style by Oregon State Architect William C. Knighton. Home to the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon Judicial Department, and the Oregon State Law Library, this building is located in the southeast corner of the Salem Capitol Mall, adjacent to the State Capitol building and sharing a block with the Justice Building to the north. The building is surrounded by mature trees and greenspace, extending the park-like appearance of the Capitol Mall. It is a 57,650 square foot, three-story rectilinear building with basement and attic. It is constructed of steel and concrete, clad primarily in white terra cotta with a granite veneer foundation, and topped with a flat roof and parapet. Its Beaux Arts style is clearly expressed by classical detailing such as symmetrical elevations, engaged Ionic columns, a traditional entablature, segmental-arched windows, and a pedimented roof parapet with small arched battlements. The interior boasts original marble floors and wainscot, a bifurcated grand stair, ornate plaster ceilings, mahogany trim, and a stained-glass skylight at the third-floor courtroom designed by Portland's own Povey Brothers. Spared from the devastating capitol fire of 1935, the Oregon Supreme Court Building is the oldest government building in Salem. Little has changed of the exterior and primary interior spaces since its construction. The exterior was restored in 2014 to repair deteriorating terra cotta units. Primary interior spaces retain their original finishes such as marble wainscoting and mahogany trim, and the building continues its original function as a courthouse and law library. The building retains high integrity and serves as an icon for the Judicial branch of government in Oregon and as a rare example of early 20th century architecture in the Salem Capitol Mall.
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- The Oregon Supreme Court Building was constructed in 1914 and designed in the Beaux Arts style by Oregon State Architect William C. Knighton. Home to the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon Judicial Department, and the Oregon State Law Library, this building is located in the southeast corner of the Salem Capitol Mall, adjacent to the State Capitol building and sharing a block with the Justice Building to the north. The building is surrounded by mature trees and greenspace, extending the park-like appearance of the Capitol Mall. It is a 57,650 square foot, three-story rectilinear building with basement and attic. It is constructed of steel and concrete, clad primarily in white terra cotta with a granite veneer foundation, and topped with a flat roof and parapet. Its Beaux Arts style is clearly expressed by classical detailing such as symmetrical elevations, engaged Ionic columns, a traditional entablature, segmental-arched windows, and a pedimented roof parapet with small arched battlements. The interior boasts original marble floors and wainscot, a bifurcated grand stair, ornate plaster ceilings, mahogany trim, and a stained-glass skylight at the third-floor courtroom designed by Portland's own Povey Brothers. Spared from the devastating capitol fire of 1935, the Oregon Supreme Court Building is the oldest government building in Salem. Little has changed of the exterior and primary interior spaces since its construction. The exterior was restored in 2014 to repair deteriorating terra cotta units. Primary interior spaces retain their original finishes such as marble wainscoting and mahogany trim, and the building continues its original function as a courthouse and law library. The building retains high integrity and serves as an icon for the Judicial branch of government in Oregon and as a rare example of early 20th century architecture in the Salem Capitol Mall.
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- The Oregon Supreme Court Building was constructed in 1914 and designed in the Beaux Arts style by Oregon State Architect William C. Knighton. Home to the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon Judicial Department, and the Oregon State Law Library, this building is located in the southeast corner of the Salem Capitol Mall, adjacent to the State Capitol building and sharing a block with the Justice Building to the north. The building is surrounded by mature trees and greenspace, extending the park-like appearance of the Capitol Mall. It is a 57,650 square foot, three-story rectilinear building with basement and attic. It is constructed of steel and concrete, clad primarily in white terra cotta with a granite veneer foundation, and topped with a flat roof and parapet. Its Beaux Arts style is clearly expressed by classical detailing such as symmetrical elevations, engaged Ionic columns, a traditional entablature, segmental-arched windows, and a pedimented roof parapet with small arched battlements. The interior boasts original marble floors and wainscot, a bifurcated grand stair, ornate plaster ceilings, mahogany trim, and a stained-glass skylight at the third-floor courtroom designed by Portland's own Povey Brothers. Spared from the devastating capitol fire of 1935, the Oregon Supreme Court Building is the oldest government building in Salem. Little has changed of the exterior and primary interior spaces since its construction. The exterior was restored in 2014 to repair deteriorating terra cotta units. Primary interior spaces retain their original finishes such as marble wainscoting and mahogany trim, and the building continues its original function as a courthouse and law library. The building retains high integrity and serves as an icon for the Judicial branch of government in Oregon and as a rare example of early 20th century architecture in the Salem Capitol Mall.
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- The Oregon Supreme Court Building was constructed in 1914 and designed in the Beaux Arts style by Oregon State Architect William C. Knighton. Home to the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon Judicial Department, and the Oregon State Law Library, this building is located in the southeast corner of the Salem Capitol Mall, adjacent to the State Capitol building and sharing a block with the Justice Building to the north. The building is surrounded by mature trees and greenspace, extending the park-like appearance of the Capitol Mall. It is a 57,650 square foot, three-story rectilinear building with basement and attic. It is constructed of steel and concrete, clad primarily in white terra cotta with a granite veneer foundation, and topped with a flat roof and parapet. Its Beaux Arts style is clearly expressed by classical detailing such as symmetrical elevations, engaged Ionic columns, a traditional entablature, segmental-arched windows, and a pedimented roof parapet with small arched battlements. The interior boasts original marble floors and wainscot, a bifurcated grand stair, ornate plaster ceilings, mahogany trim, and a stained-glass skylight at the third-floor courtroom designed by Portland's own Povey Brothers. Spared from the devastating capitol fire of 1935, the Oregon Supreme Court Building is the oldest government building in Salem. Little has changed of the exterior and primary interior spaces since its construction. The exterior was restored in 2014 to repair deteriorating terra cotta units. Primary interior spaces retain their original finishes such as marble wainscoting and mahogany trim, and the building continues its original function as a courthouse and law library. The building retains high integrity and serves as an icon for the Judicial branch of government in Oregon and as a rare example of early 20th century architecture in the Salem Capitol Mall.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Elmer and Linnie Miller house is a 2 and 1/2 story Queen Anne style residence, located at 89 NE Thompson Street in the Eliot neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. The 1896 house occupies a footprint of approximately 3,403 square feet (not including basement or attic) on its 7,000 square foot corner lot. The house has a brick foundation and is wood-framed. It features a steeply pitched hipped roof with multiple dormers and an exuberant corner turret, and occupies a slightly larger lot than most of its neighbors on the block. The house exhibits the character-defining features of the Queen Anne style including an asymmetrical plan with multiple bays and extensions; an octagonal turret with steeply pitched roof; tall, gabled dormers at front and sides over protruding polygonal bays; double-hung one-over-one wood windows; brick chimney with corbeled top; and an elaborately asymmetrical wrap-around porch featuring a circular end around the tower and an angled extension at the other front corner, with single and paired Doric columns on square bases. Also indicative of the Queen Anne style are a bracketed polygonal bay, paired main entrance doors with an art glass transom, and the use of drop siding and fishscale shingles at the exterior. At the interior, original features include dark-stained wood stair paneling and highly decorative spindlework stair railing, pocket and five-panel doors with ornate hardware, coved plaster ceilings, a tile-front fireplace with decorative wood surround, highly detailed door and window casings and other wood trim and built-in cabinetry. Overall, the house retains a high level of integrity. The rear of the house (north side) has been extended slightly and expanded from one story to two in several successive steps, the first of which occurred sometime before 1909. No other significant alterations have been made to the exterior of the house, and interior changes have been minimal, and so, despite these few changes, the Miller house retains its historic integrity.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Elmer and Linnie Miller house is a 2 and 1/2 story Queen Anne style residence, located at 89 NE Thompson Street in the Eliot neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. The 1896 house occupies a footprint of approximately 3,403 square feet (not including basement or attic) on its 7,000 square foot corner lot. The house has a brick foundation and is wood-framed. It features a steeply pitched hipped roof with multiple dormers and an exuberant corner turret, and occupies a slightly larger lot than most of its neighbors on the block. The house exhibits the character-defining features of the Queen Anne style including an asymmetrical plan with multiple bays and extensions; an octagonal turret with steeply pitched roof; tall, gabled dormers at front and sides over protruding polygonal bays; double-hung one-over-one wood windows; brick chimney with corbeled top; and an elaborately asymmetrical wrap-around porch featuring a circular end around the tower and an angled extension at the other front corner, with single and paired Doric columns on square bases. Also indicative of the Queen Anne style are a bracketed polygonal bay, paired main entrance doors with an art glass transom, and the use of drop siding and fishscale shingles at the exterior. At the interior, original features include dark-stained wood stair paneling and highly decorative spindlework stair railing, pocket and five-panel doors with ornate hardware, coved plaster ceilings, a tile-front fireplace with decorative wood surround, highly detailed door and window casings and other wood trim and built-in cabinetry. Overall, the house retains a high level of integrity. The rear of the house (north side) has been extended slightly and expanded from one story to two in several successive steps, the first of which occurred sometime before 1909. No other significant alterations have been made to the exterior of the house, and interior changes have been minimal, and so, despite these few changes, the Miller house retains its historic integrity.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Portland Zoo Railway Historic District (PZRy) is a 518th scale railroad designed and built by professional train designers and railroad engineers, and established as a recreational line for the entertainment of both children and adults in the post-war era of the 1950s. Constructed in the west hills of Portland in 1958, the railway also transports people between the Oregon Zoo and the Washington Park Station overlooking the International Rose Test Garden. Between 1960 and 2013 the track was 2.5 miles long, currently it is 1.56 miles in length, though almost a mile of track (.96 mile) is now unused due to deferred maintenance. Currently, the railroad is a single structural system consisting of three loops connected by one and one-half miles of track built on a series of grades that extend from a station in the zoo, past animal habitats, and into a forest on an east-facing hillside in Washington Park, where passengers travel through an overstory canopy made up of 150+ year old Douglas fir and western red cedar. The acreage of the nominated district is approximately five acres, and ranges in elevation from 674 to 705 feet AMSL. The first loop of railroad had been built and trains were running one year before the zoo opened, and ticket proceeds (as intended) helped fund the construction of more rail and the construction of zoo infrastructure. The railroad is considered here as a separate but integral entity of the zoo and Washington Park. There are fifteen total resources in the historic district. Nine are contributing and six are noncontributing. There are two contributing buildings, which are the Washington Park Station (1958), and the tunnel-roundhouse complex (1959). The railroad is the one contributing structure with its 30 gauge track, ties, switches, and gravel ballast on a 15' wide grade. The six contributing objects are the rolling stock and are as follows: 1) the diesel-powered Zooliner locomotive and its five cars that were built in the streamlined modern 'Aerotrain' design in 1958; 2) the steam-powered Oregon Locomotive No. 1 and its four passenger cars, (1959); 3) the much-remodeled diesel-powered Oregon Express locomotive 5 (1959) and three cars; 4) locomotive No. 3 (1929), known as the Work Train and the cars it pulls, which are a side-dump car, a rock car, and two flat cars; 5) Locomotive No. 6 (1938) is also used for work and track maintenance and pulls two passenger coaches; 6) the gas-powered speeder donated by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1961. The two non-contributing structures include a 1,200-gallon water tank elevated on a tower that feeds water to the steam engine, which replaced an earlier water tank and tower and is identical with the original and in the same location, and non-contributing trestle built in 2014 where a previous trestle was located. The new station (2016) at the main zoo terminal is the non_contributing building, though the train platform is original. The three non-contributing objects include a handcar (1996), a generator platform car (ca. 2000), and a push car that was used in the railroad's construction in 1958. The main character-defining elements of the railway are its scale, forested setting, and the classic trains designed to appeal to children. The apogee of the character-defining elements of the rolling stock are found in the space-age streamlining of the gleaming aluminum body of the Zooliner and the fully rendered details (diamond smoke stack, cow catcher, polished brass, red paint, gold leaf lettering, bells, and whistles) of the steam locomotive Oregon. While there have been changes to the PZRy over the years, particularly within the portion that passes through the Oregon Zoo, the PZRy possesses integrity of design, materials, setting, workmanship, and feeling because it is in its original setting, and retains its original rolling stock, track, tunnel-roundhouse complex, and one of the two original station buildings. The tracks, ballast, and grade of the PZRy are in good condition, though there is deferred maintenance on the Washington Park portion of the line.
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- The Multnomah School is located at 7688 SW Capitol Hwy., roughly five miles southwest of downtown Portland and a quarter-mile east of the Multnomah Village commercial area. The site is approximately six acres, located along SW Capitol Hwy. between SW 31st and SW 34th Aves. The surrounding area to the north, east, and south is predominately residential. To the west is a streetcar-era commercial area in a neighborhood main street setting. The one-story unreinforced masonry Spanish Colonial Revival-style Multnomah School was constructed in 1923 as a permanent replacement for temporary school structures built a decade prior. It is clad in stucco with self-mullioned multilight steel-sash windows and a red clay-tile shed roof at the perimeter. The school consists of classrooms as well as an auditorium and boys' and girls' play areas. In 1925, the play areas were enclosed and became gymnasiums. In 1929, a 5,000 square-foot addition of similar materials and design was built along the east. In the early 1940s, two free-standing classroom structures were added to the campus southwest of the school; six more were added at the west in the late 1940s. In 1979, the school closed. In 1984, it was adapted as a community arts center. The period of significance runs from the construction of the 1923 school building to the completion of the last major school alteration, which was the construction of the cafeteria in 1952. The complex consists of seven contributing resources and two non-contributing. The contributing resources are all buildings and include the main school building with 1925 and 1929 additions as a single functionally-related, interconnected contributing resource. They also include the six one-time portable, now permanent, rectangular classrooms located at the west of the property. Built circa 1940, these classroom buildings are of approximately identical massing, scale, and design. Each structure is 1,200 square-feet, wood-clad with hipped roof and comprising a single room. As for the non-contributing resources, there is one non-contributing building and one non-contributing structure. The one non-contributing building is a pottery shed, which comprises five interconnected structures, including three built outside the period of significance. It is non-contributing due to a lack of integrity. There is also a 4,750 square-foot open steel shed built in 1977, which is a non-contributing structure having been built outside the period of significance. Character-defining landscape features include street setbacks from SW Capitol Hwy. and SW 31st St., as well as adjacent open space to the west and south making up the original site parcel. Though adapted largely for parking, the amount of land and space associated with the property is integral to its significance as a school as it creates a park-like atmosphere reflective of progressive-era school design. Character features for the school include building orientation, building form, exterior cladding, extant steel-sash windows, roof form and materials, interior organization, corridor plaster walls with wood trim, and original corridor ceiling tiles. In addition to the corridors being critical interior features, the auditorium and two gymnasiums are important intact interior spaces and are character-defining as such. The complex retains a very high degree of integrity with no substantial alterations outside the period of significance.
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- The Multnomah School is located at 7688 SW Capitol Hwy., roughly five miles southwest of downtown Portland and a quarter-mile east of the Multnomah Village commercial area. The site is approximately six acres, located along SW Capitol Hwy. between SW 31st and SW 34th Aves. The surrounding area to the north, east, and south is predominately residential. To the west is a streetcar-era commercial area in a neighborhood main street setting. The one-story unreinforced masonry Spanish Colonial Revival-style Multnomah School was constructed in 1923 as a permanent replacement for temporary school structures built a decade prior. It is clad in stucco with self-mullioned multilight steel-sash windows and a red clay-tile shed roof at the perimeter. The school consists of classrooms as well as an auditorium and boys' and girls' play areas. In 1925, the play areas were enclosed and became gymnasiums. In 1929, a 5,000 square-foot addition of similar materials and design was built along the east. In the early 1940s, two free-standing classroom structures were added to the campus southwest of the school; six more were added at the west in the late 1940s. In 1979, the school closed. In 1984, it was adapted as a community arts center. The period of significance runs from the construction of the 1923 school building to the completion of the last major school alteration, which was the construction of the cafeteria in 1952. The complex consists of seven contributing resources and two non-contributing. The contributing resources are all buildings and include the main school building with 1925 and 1929 additions as a single functionally-related, interconnected contributing resource. They also include the six one-time portable, now permanent, rectangular classrooms located at the west of the property. Built circa 1940, these classroom buildings are of approximately identical massing, scale, and design. Each structure is 1,200 square-feet, wood-clad with hipped roof and comprising a single room. As for the non-contributing resources, there is one non-contributing building and one non-contributing structure. The one non-contributing building is a pottery shed, which comprises five interconnected structures, including three built outside the period of significance. It is non-contributing due to a lack of integrity. There is also a 4,750 square-foot open steel shed built in 1977, which is a non-contributing structure having been built outside the period of significance. Character-defining landscape features include street setbacks from SW Capitol Hwy. and SW 31st St., as well as adjacent open space to the west and south making up the original site parcel. Though adapted largely for parking, the amount of land and space associated with the property is integral to its significance as a school as it creates a park-like atmosphere reflective of progressive-era school design. Character features for the school include building orientation, building form, exterior cladding, extant steel-sash windows, roof form and materials, interior organization, corridor plaster walls with wood trim, and original corridor ceiling tiles. In addition to the corridors being critical interior features, the auditorium and two gymnasiums are important intact interior spaces and are character-defining as such. The complex retains a very high degree of integrity with no substantial alterations outside the period of significance.
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- The Multnomah School is located at 7688 SW Capitol Hwy., roughly five miles southwest of downtown Portland and a quarter-mile east of the Multnomah Village commercial area. The site is approximately six acres, located along SW Capitol Hwy. between SW 31st and SW 34th Aves. The surrounding area to the north, east, and south is predominately residential. To the west is a streetcar-era commercial area in a neighborhood main street setting. The one-story unreinforced masonry Spanish Colonial Revival-style Multnomah School was constructed in 1923 as a permanent replacement for temporary school structures built a decade prior. It is clad in stucco with self-mullioned multilight steel-sash windows and a red clay-tile shed roof at the perimeter. The school consists of classrooms as well as an auditorium and boys' and girls' play areas. In 1925, the play areas were enclosed and became gymnasiums. In 1929, a 5,000 square-foot addition of similar materials and design was built along the east. In the early 1940s, two free-standing classroom structures were added to the campus southwest of the school; six more were added at the west in the late 1940s. In 1979, the school closed. In 1984, it was adapted as a community arts center. The period of significance runs from the construction of the 1923 school building to the completion of the last major school alteration, which was the construction of the cafeteria in 1952. The complex consists of seven contributing resources and two non-contributing. The contributing resources are all buildings and include the main school building with 1925 and 1929 additions as a single functionally-related, interconnected contributing resource. They also include the six one-time portable, now permanent, rectangular classrooms located at the west of the property. Built circa 1940, these classroom buildings are of approximately identical massing, scale, and design. Each structure is 1,200 square-feet, wood-clad with hipped roof and comprising a single room. As for the non-contributing resources, there is one non-contributing building and one non-contributing structure. The one non-contributing building is a pottery shed, which comprises five interconnected structures, including three built outside the period of significance. It is non-contributing due to a lack of integrity. There is also a 4,750 square-foot open steel shed built in 1977, which is a non-contributing structure having been built outside the period of significance. Character-defining landscape features include street setbacks from SW Capitol Hwy. and SW 31st St., as well as adjacent open space to the west and south making up the original site parcel. Though adapted largely for parking, the amount of land and space associated with the property is integral to its significance as a school as it creates a park-like atmosphere reflective of progressive-era school design. Character features for the school include building orientation, building form, exterior cladding, extant steel-sash windows, roof form and materials, interior organization, corridor plaster walls with wood trim, and original corridor ceiling tiles. In addition to the corridors being critical interior features, the auditorium and two gymnasiums are important intact interior spaces and are character-defining as such. The complex retains a very high degree of integrity with no substantial alterations outside the period of significance.
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- The Multnomah School is located at 7688 SW Capitol Hwy., roughly five miles southwest of downtown Portland and a quarter-mile east of the Multnomah Village commercial area. The site is approximately six acres, located along SW Capitol Hwy. between SW 31st and SW 34th Aves. The surrounding area to the north, east, and south is predominately residential. To the west is a streetcar-era commercial area in a neighborhood main street setting. The one-story unreinforced masonry Spanish Colonial Revival-style Multnomah School was constructed in 1923 as a permanent replacement for temporary school structures built a decade prior. It is clad in stucco with self-mullioned multilight steel-sash windows and a red clay-tile shed roof at the perimeter. The school consists of classrooms as well as an auditorium and boys' and girls' play areas. In 1925, the play areas were enclosed and became gymnasiums. In 1929, a 5,000 square-foot addition of similar materials and design was built along the east. In the early 1940s, two free-standing classroom structures were added to the campus southwest of the school; six more were added at the west in the late 1940s. In 1979, the school closed. In 1984, it was adapted as a community arts center. The period of significance runs from the construction of the 1923 school building to the completion of the last major school alteration, which was the construction of the cafeteria in 1952. The complex consists of seven contributing resources and two non-contributing. The contributing resources are all buildings and include the main school building with 1925 and 1929 additions as a single functionally-related, interconnected contributing resource. They also include the six one-time portable, now permanent, rectangular classrooms located at the west of the property. Built circa 1940, these classroom buildings are of approximately identical massing, scale, and design. Each structure is 1,200 square-feet, wood-clad with hipped roof and comprising a single room. As for the non-contributing resources, there is one non-contributing building and one non-contributing structure. The one non-contributing building is a pottery shed, which comprises five interconnected structures, including three built outside the period of significance. It is non-contributing due to a lack of integrity. There is also a 4,750 square-foot open steel shed built in 1977, which is a non-contributing structure having been built outside the period of significance. Character-defining landscape features include street setbacks from SW Capitol Hwy. and SW 31st St., as well as adjacent open space to the west and south making up the original site parcel. Though adapted largely for parking, the amount of land and space associated with the property is integral to its significance as a school as it creates a park-like atmosphere reflective of progressive-era school design. Character features for the school include building orientation, building form, exterior cladding, extant steel-sash windows, roof form and materials, interior organization, corridor plaster walls with wood trim, and original corridor ceiling tiles. In addition to the corridors being critical interior features, the auditorium and two gymnasiums are important intact interior spaces and are character-defining as such. The complex retains a very high degree of integrity with no substantial alterations outside the period of significance.
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- The Multnomah School is located at 7688 SW Capitol Hwy., roughly five miles southwest of downtown Portland and a quarter-mile east of the Multnomah Village commercial area. The site is approximately six acres, located along SW Capitol Hwy. between SW 31st and SW 34th Aves. The surrounding area to the north, east, and south is predominately residential. To the west is a streetcar-era commercial area in a neighborhood main street setting. The one-story unreinforced masonry Spanish Colonial Revival-style Multnomah School was constructed in 1923 as a permanent replacement for temporary school structures built a decade prior. It is clad in stucco with self-mullioned multilight steel-sash windows and a red clay-tile shed roof at the perimeter. The school consists of classrooms as well as an auditorium and boys' and girls' play areas. In 1925, the play areas were enclosed and became gymnasiums. In 1929, a 5,000 square-foot addition of similar materials and design was built along the east. In the early 1940s, two free-standing classroom structures were added to the campus southwest of the school; six more were added at the west in the late 1940s. In 1979, the school closed. In 1984, it was adapted as a community arts center. The period of significance runs from the construction of the 1923 school building to the completion of the last major school alteration, which was the construction of the cafeteria in 1952. The complex consists of seven contributing resources and two non-contributing. The contributing resources are all buildings and include the main school building with 1925 and 1929 additions as a single functionally-related, interconnected contributing resource. They also include the six one-time portable, now permanent, rectangular classrooms located at the west of the property. Built circa 1940, these classroom buildings are of approximately identical massing, scale, and design. Each structure is 1,200 square-feet, wood-clad with hipped roof and comprising a single room. As for the non-contributing resources, there is one non-contributing building and one non-contributing structure. The one non-contributing building is a pottery shed, which comprises five interconnected structures, including three built outside the period of significance. It is non-contributing due to a lack of integrity. There is also a 4,750 square-foot open steel shed built in 1977, which is a non-contributing structure having been built outside the period of significance. Character-defining landscape features include street setbacks from SW Capitol Hwy. and SW 31st St., as well as adjacent open space to the west and south making up the original site parcel. Though adapted largely for parking, the amount of land and space associated with the property is integral to its significance as a school as it creates a park-like atmosphere reflective of progressive-era school design. Character features for the school include building orientation, building form, exterior cladding, extant steel-sash windows, roof form and materials, interior organization, corridor plaster walls with wood trim, and original corridor ceiling tiles. In addition to the corridors being critical interior features, the auditorium and two gymnasiums are important intact interior spaces and are character-defining as such. The complex retains a very high degree of integrity with no substantial alterations outside the period of significance.
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- The Elmer and Linnie Miller house is a 2 and 1/2 story Queen Anne style residence, located at 89 NE Thompson Street in the Eliot neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. The 1896 house occupies a footprint of approximately 3,403 square feet (not including basement or attic) on its 7,000 square foot corner lot. The house has a brick foundation and is wood-framed. It features a steeply pitched hipped roof with multiple dormers and an exuberant corner turret, and occupies a slightly larger lot than most of its neighbors on the block. The house exhibits the character-defining features of the Queen Anne style including an asymmetrical plan with multiple bays and extensions; an octagonal turret with steeply pitched roof; tall, gabled dormers at front and sides over protruding polygonal bays; double-hung one-over-one wood windows; brick chimney with corbeled top; and an elaborately asymmetrical wrap-around porch featuring a circular end around the tower and an angled extension at the other front corner, with single and paired Doric columns on square bases. Also indicative of the Queen Anne style are a bracketed polygonal bay, paired main entrance doors with an art glass transom, and the use of drop siding and fishscale shingles at the exterior. At the interior, original features include dark-stained wood stair paneling and highly decorative spindlework stair railing, pocket and five-panel doors with ornate hardware, coved plaster ceilings, a tile-front fireplace with decorative wood surround, highly detailed door and window casings and other wood trim and built-in cabinetry. Overall, the house retains a high level of integrity. The rear of the house (north side) has been extended slightly and expanded from one story to two in several successive steps, the first of which occurred sometime before 1909. No other significant alterations have been made to the exterior of the house, and interior changes have been minimal, and so, despite these few changes, the Miller house retains its historic integrity.
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- The Multnomah School is located at 7688 SW Capitol Hwy., roughly five miles southwest of downtown Portland and a quarter-mile east of the Multnomah Village commercial area. The site is approximately six acres, located along SW Capitol Hwy. between SW 31st and SW 34th Aves. The surrounding area to the north, east, and south is predominately residential. To the west is a streetcar-era commercial area in a neighborhood main street setting. The one-story unreinforced masonry Spanish Colonial Revival-style Multnomah School was constructed in 1923 as a permanent replacement for temporary school structures built a decade prior. It is clad in stucco with self-mullioned multilight steel-sash windows and a red clay-tile shed roof at the perimeter. The school consists of classrooms as well as an auditorium and boys' and girls' play areas. In 1925, the play areas were enclosed and became gymnasiums. In 1929, a 5,000 square-foot addition of similar materials and design was built along the east. In the early 1940s, two free-standing classroom structures were added to the campus southwest of the school; six more were added at the west in the late 1940s. In 1979, the school closed. In 1984, it was adapted as a community arts center. The period of significance runs from the construction of the 1923 school building to the completion of the last major school alteration, which was the construction of the cafeteria in 1952. The complex consists of seven contributing resources and two non-contributing. The contributing resources are all buildings and include the main school building with 1925 and 1929 additions as a single functionally-related, interconnected contributing resource. They also include the six one-time portable, now permanent, rectangular classrooms located at the west of the property. Built circa 1940, these classroom buildings are of approximately identical massing, scale, and design. Each structure is 1,200 square-feet, wood-clad with hipped roof and comprising a single room. As for the non-contributing resources, there is one non-contributing building and one non-contributing structure. The one non-contributing building is a pottery shed, which comprises five interconnected structures, including three built outside the period of significance. It is non-contributing due to a lack of integrity. There is also a 4,750 square-foot open steel shed built in 1977, which is a non-contributing structure having been built outside the period of significance. Character-defining landscape features include street setbacks from SW Capitol Hwy. and SW 31st St., as well as adjacent open space to the west and south making up the original site parcel. Though adapted largely for parking, the amount of land and space associated with the property is integral to its significance as a school as it creates a park-like atmosphere reflective of progressive-era school design. Character features for the school include building orientation, building form, exterior cladding, extant steel-sash windows, roof form and materials, interior organization, corridor plaster walls with wood trim, and original corridor ceiling tiles. In addition to the corridors being critical interior features, the auditorium and two gymnasiums are important intact interior spaces and are character-defining as such. The complex retains a very high degree of integrity with no substantial alterations outside the period of significance.
- Description
- The Multnomah School is located at 7688 SW Capitol Hwy., roughly five miles southwest of downtown Portland and a quarter-mile east of the Multnomah Village commercial area. The site is approximately six acres, located along SW Capitol Hwy. between SW 31st and SW 34th Aves. The surrounding area to the north, east, and south is predominately residential. To the west is a streetcar-era commercial area in a neighborhood main street setting. The one-story unreinforced masonry Spanish Colonial Revival-style Multnomah School was constructed in 1923 as a permanent replacement for temporary school structures built a decade prior. It is clad in stucco with self-mullioned multilight steel-sash windows and a red clay-tile shed roof at the perimeter. The school consists of classrooms as well as an auditorium and boys' and girls' play areas. In 1925, the play areas were enclosed and became gymnasiums. In 1929, a 5,000 square-foot addition of similar materials and design was built along the east. In the early 1940s, two free-standing classroom structures were added to the campus southwest of the school; six more were added at the west in the late 1940s. In 1979, the school closed. In 1984, it was adapted as a community arts center. The period of significance runs from the construction of the 1923 school building to the completion of the last major school alteration, which was the construction of the cafeteria in 1952. The complex consists of seven contributing resources and two non-contributing. The contributing resources are all buildings and include the main school building with 1925 and 1929 additions as a single functionally-related, interconnected contributing resource. They also include the six one-time portable, now permanent, rectangular classrooms located at the west of the property. Built circa 1940, these classroom buildings are of approximately identical massing, scale, and design. Each structure is 1,200 square-feet, wood-clad with hipped roof and comprising a single room. As for the non-contributing resources, there is one non-contributing building and one non-contributing structure. The one non-contributing building is a pottery shed, which comprises five interconnected structures, including three built outside the period of significance. It is non-contributing due to a lack of integrity. There is also a 4,750 square-foot open steel shed built in 1977, which is a non-contributing structure having been built outside the period of significance. Character-defining landscape features include street setbacks from SW Capitol Hwy. and SW 31st St., as well as adjacent open space to the west and south making up the original site parcel. Though adapted largely for parking, the amount of land and space associated with the property is integral to its significance as a school as it creates a park-like atmosphere reflective of progressive-era school design. Character features for the school include building orientation, building form, exterior cladding, extant steel-sash windows, roof form and materials, interior organization, corridor plaster walls with wood trim, and original corridor ceiling tiles. In addition to the corridors being critical interior features, the auditorium and two gymnasiums are important intact interior spaces and are character-defining as such. The complex retains a very high degree of integrity with no substantial alterations outside the period of significance.
- Description
- The Multnomah School is located at 7688 SW Capitol Hwy., roughly five miles southwest of downtown Portland and a quarter-mile east of the Multnomah Village commercial area. The site is approximately six acres, located along SW Capitol Hwy. between SW 31st and SW 34th Aves. The surrounding area to the north, east, and south is predominately residential. To the west is a streetcar-era commercial area in a neighborhood main street setting. The one-story unreinforced masonry Spanish Colonial Revival-style Multnomah School was constructed in 1923 as a permanent replacement for temporary school structures built a decade prior. It is clad in stucco with self-mullioned multilight steel-sash windows and a red clay-tile shed roof at the perimeter. The school consists of classrooms as well as an auditorium and boys' and girls' play areas. In 1925, the play areas were enclosed and became gymnasiums. In 1929, a 5,000 square-foot addition of similar materials and design was built along the east. In the early 1940s, two free-standing classroom structures were added to the campus southwest of the school; six more were added at the west in the late 1940s. In 1979, the school closed. In 1984, it was adapted as a community arts center. The period of significance runs from the construction of the 1923 school building to the completion of the last major school alteration, which was the construction of the cafeteria in 1952. The complex consists of seven contributing resources and two non-contributing. The contributing resources are all buildings and include the main school building with 1925 and 1929 additions as a single functionally-related, interconnected contributing resource. They also include the six one-time portable, now permanent, rectangular classrooms located at the west of the property. Built circa 1940, these classroom buildings are of approximately identical massing, scale, and design. Each structure is 1,200 square-feet, wood-clad with hipped roof and comprising a single room. As for the non-contributing resources, there is one non-contributing building and one non-contributing structure. The one non-contributing building is a pottery shed, which comprises five interconnected structures, including three built outside the period of significance. It is non-contributing due to a lack of integrity. There is also a 4,750 square-foot open steel shed built in 1977, which is a non-contributing structure having been built outside the period of significance. Character-defining landscape features include street setbacks from SW Capitol Hwy. and SW 31st St., as well as adjacent open space to the west and south making up the original site parcel. Though adapted largely for parking, the amount of land and space associated with the property is integral to its significance as a school as it creates a park-like atmosphere reflective of progressive-era school design. Character features for the school include building orientation, building form, exterior cladding, extant steel-sash windows, roof form and materials, interior organization, corridor plaster walls with wood trim, and original corridor ceiling tiles. In addition to the corridors being critical interior features, the auditorium and two gymnasiums are important intact interior spaces and are character-defining as such. The complex retains a very high degree of integrity with no substantial alterations outside the period of significance.
- Description
- The Multnomah School is located at 7688 SW Capitol Hwy., roughly five miles southwest of downtown Portland and a quarter-mile east of the Multnomah Village commercial area. The site is approximately six acres, located along SW Capitol Hwy. between SW 31st and SW 34th Aves. The surrounding area to the north, east, and south is predominately residential. To the west is a streetcar-era commercial area in a neighborhood main street setting. The one-story unreinforced masonry Spanish Colonial Revival-style Multnomah School was constructed in 1923 as a permanent replacement for temporary school structures built a decade prior. It is clad in stucco with self-mullioned multilight steel-sash windows and a red clay-tile shed roof at the perimeter. The school consists of classrooms as well as an auditorium and boys' and girls' play areas. In 1925, the play areas were enclosed and became gymnasiums. In 1929, a 5,000 square-foot addition of similar materials and design was built along the east. In the early 1940s, two free-standing classroom structures were added to the campus southwest of the school; six more were added at the west in the late 1940s. In 1979, the school closed. In 1984, it was adapted as a community arts center. The period of significance runs from the construction of the 1923 school building to the completion of the last major school alteration, which was the construction of the cafeteria in 1952. The complex consists of seven contributing resources and two non-contributing. The contributing resources are all buildings and include the main school building with 1925 and 1929 additions as a single functionally-related, interconnected contributing resource. They also include the six one-time portable, now permanent, rectangular classrooms located at the west of the property. Built circa 1940, these classroom buildings are of approximately identical massing, scale, and design. Each structure is 1,200 square-feet, wood-clad with hipped roof and comprising a single room. As for the non-contributing resources, there is one non-contributing building and one non-contributing structure. The one non-contributing building is a pottery shed, which comprises five interconnected structures, including three built outside the period of significance. It is non-contributing due to a lack of integrity. There is also a 4,750 square-foot open steel shed built in 1977, which is a non-contributing structure having been built outside the period of significance. Character-defining landscape features include street setbacks from SW Capitol Hwy. and SW 31st St., as well as adjacent open space to the west and south making up the original site parcel. Though adapted largely for parking, the amount of land and space associated with the property is integral to its significance as a school as it creates a park-like atmosphere reflective of progressive-era school design. Character features for the school include building orientation, building form, exterior cladding, extant steel-sash windows, roof form and materials, interior organization, corridor plaster walls with wood trim, and original corridor ceiling tiles. In addition to the corridors being critical interior features, the auditorium and two gymnasiums are important intact interior spaces and are character-defining as such. The complex retains a very high degree of integrity with no substantial alterations outside the period of significance.
- Description
- The Multnomah School is located at 7688 SW Capitol Hwy., roughly five miles southwest of downtown Portland and a quarter-mile east of the Multnomah Village commercial area. The site is approximately six acres, located along SW Capitol Hwy. between SW 31st and SW 34th Aves. The surrounding area to the north, east, and south is predominately residential. To the west is a streetcar-era commercial area in a neighborhood main street setting. The one-story unreinforced masonry Spanish Colonial Revival-style Multnomah School was constructed in 1923 as a permanent replacement for temporary school structures built a decade prior. It is clad in stucco with self-mullioned multilight steel-sash windows and a red clay-tile shed roof at the perimeter. The school consists of classrooms as well as an auditorium and boys' and girls' play areas. In 1925, the play areas were enclosed and became gymnasiums. In 1929, a 5,000 square-foot addition of similar materials and design was built along the east. In the early 1940s, two free-standing classroom structures were added to the campus southwest of the school; six more were added at the west in the late 1940s. In 1979, the school closed. In 1984, it was adapted as a community arts center. The period of significance runs from the construction of the 1923 school building to the completion of the last major school alteration, which was the construction of the cafeteria in 1952. The complex consists of seven contributing resources and two non-contributing. The contributing resources are all buildings and include the main school building with 1925 and 1929 additions as a single functionally-related, interconnected contributing resource. They also include the six one-time portable, now permanent, rectangular classrooms located at the west of the property. Built circa 1940, these classroom buildings are of approximately identical massing, scale, and design. Each structure is 1,200 square-feet, wood-clad with hipped roof and comprising a single room. As for the non-contributing resources, there is one non-contributing building and one non-contributing structure. The one non-contributing building is a pottery shed, which comprises five interconnected structures, including three built outside the period of significance. It is non-contributing due to a lack of integrity. There is also a 4,750 square-foot open steel shed built in 1977, which is a non-contributing structure having been built outside the period of significance. Character-defining landscape features include street setbacks from SW Capitol Hwy. and SW 31st St., as well as adjacent open space to the west and south making up the original site parcel. Though adapted largely for parking, the amount of land and space associated with the property is integral to its significance as a school as it creates a park-like atmosphere reflective of progressive-era school design. Character features for the school include building orientation, building form, exterior cladding, extant steel-sash windows, roof form and materials, interior organization, corridor plaster walls with wood trim, and original corridor ceiling tiles. In addition to the corridors being critical interior features, the auditorium and two gymnasiums are important intact interior spaces and are character-defining as such. The complex retains a very high degree of integrity with no substantial alterations outside the period of significance.
- Description
- The Multnomah School is located at 7688 SW Capitol Hwy., roughly five miles southwest of downtown Portland and a quarter-mile east of the Multnomah Village commercial area. The site is approximately six acres, located along SW Capitol Hwy. between SW 31st and SW 34th Aves. The surrounding area to the north, east, and south is predominately residential. To the west is a streetcar-era commercial area in a neighborhood main street setting. The one-story unreinforced masonry Spanish Colonial Revival-style Multnomah School was constructed in 1923 as a permanent replacement for temporary school structures built a decade prior. It is clad in stucco with self-mullioned multilight steel-sash windows and a red clay-tile shed roof at the perimeter. The school consists of classrooms as well as an auditorium and boys' and girls' play areas. In 1925, the play areas were enclosed and became gymnasiums. In 1929, a 5,000 square-foot addition of similar materials and design was built along the east. In the early 1940s, two free-standing classroom structures were added to the campus southwest of the school; six more were added at the west in the late 1940s. In 1979, the school closed. In 1984, it was adapted as a community arts center. The period of significance runs from the construction of the 1923 school building to the completion of the last major school alteration, which was the construction of the cafeteria in 1952. The complex consists of seven contributing resources and two non-contributing. The contributing resources are all buildings and include the main school building with 1925 and 1929 additions as a single functionally-related, interconnected contributing resource. They also include the six one-time portable, now permanent, rectangular classrooms located at the west of the property. Built circa 1940, these classroom buildings are of approximately identical massing, scale, and design. Each structure is 1,200 square-feet, wood-clad with hipped roof and comprising a single room. As for the non-contributing resources, there is one non-contributing building and one non-contributing structure. The one non-contributing building is a pottery shed, which comprises five interconnected structures, including three built outside the period of significance. It is non-contributing due to a lack of integrity. There is also a 4,750 square-foot open steel shed built in 1977, which is a non-contributing structure having been built outside the period of significance. Character-defining landscape features include street setbacks from SW Capitol Hwy. and SW 31st St., as well as adjacent open space to the west and south making up the original site parcel. Though adapted largely for parking, the amount of land and space associated with the property is integral to its significance as a school as it creates a park-like atmosphere reflective of progressive-era school design. Character features for the school include building orientation, building form, exterior cladding, extant steel-sash windows, roof form and materials, interior organization, corridor plaster walls with wood trim, and original corridor ceiling tiles. In addition to the corridors being critical interior features, the auditorium and two gymnasiums are important intact interior spaces and are character-defining as such. The complex retains a very high degree of integrity with no substantial alterations outside the period of significance.