Building Oregon

Baby Home (Portland,Oregon)

Title
Baby Home (Portland,Oregon)
LC Subject
Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Creator
Brown, P. Chappell
Creator Display
Philip Chappell Browne (architect, 1865- )
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: drawing
Provenance
Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Temporal
1900-1909
Work Type
architecture (object genre) built works health facility dwellings hospitals (buildings for health facility) drawings (visual works) exterior views architectural drawings (visual works)
Location
Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
Street Address
Waverly Addition
Date
1904
Identifier
pna_23517
Rights
In Copyright
Rights Holder
University of Oregon
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
Building Oregon
Primary Set
Building Oregon
Institution
University of Oregon
Citation
"New Baby Home Needed Plans for Structure Prepared by Architect. Building Will Cost $6000, and Funds Are to Be Raised by Public Subscriptions," Morning Oregonian, Feb. 16, 1904.
Note
Prior to his arrival in Portland, Oregon, Philip Chappell Browne was an architect and surveyor in Auckland, New Zealand, according to an 1885 patent application for a ventilator for windows. (Item 1359. 14th January. Philip Chappell Browne, of City Chambers, Vulcan Lane, Auckland, Architect and Surveyor.—An invention for a ventilator for windows. Letters and Patents, 1885, National Library of New Zealand website). He later obtained a copyright by way of the Oregon Flag Co., Portland.