Building Oregon

Smith & Watson Building (Portland, Oregon)

Title
Smith & Watson Building (Portland, Oregon)
LC Subject
Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Photographer
Ross, Marion Dean
Description
This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
View
exterior: view of building with cast ironwork architectural elements
Provenance
Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Temporal
1880-1889
Work Type
architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views facilities, commercial stores ironworks (visual works)
Location
Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
Street Address
Southwest Main Street and Southwest 1st Avenue
Date
1883
Identifier
pna_06469
Rights
In Copyright
Rights Holder
University of Oregon
Source
Gift of Wallace K. Huntington from the estate of Marion Dean Ross
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
cast iron
Set
Building Oregon
Primary Set
Building Oregon
Institution
University of Oregon
Citation
Hawkins, William John, III. The Grand Era of Cast-Iron Archtiecture (Portland: Binford & Mort, 1976), 132-133.
Note
Warren H. Williams might have been the architect of the Smith & Watson Building. The building was demolished in 1974 to make room for the Portland General Electric Company (PGE) office building.