Earl Apartments (Portland, Oregon)
- Title
- Earl Apartments (Portland, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- 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. Document: Portland Historic Resource Inventory
- Provenance
- Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
- Temporal
- 1900-1909
- Style Period
- Craftsman (style)
- Work Type
- architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views dwellings apartment houses
- Location
- Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
- Date
- 1906
- Identifier
- pna_99999
- Rights
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Type
- Image
- Format
- application/pdf
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Is Part Of
- Alphabet Historic District (Portland, Oregon)
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Citation
- Alphabet Historic District National Register Nomination
- Note
- "Description: These four multi-family residences have rectilinear plans and front onto NW Glisan Street. Originally detached, they were minimally connected via a breezeway at the rear entrance locations at an unknown date. The buildings have wood frames, concrete foundations, and partial above-grade basements. The hip roofs have overhanging eaves and paneled friezes. Hipped dormers are located on the south facades. Lap siding and corner boards cover the exteriors. The main entrances are located on the south facades. Each full-facade porch is topped with a balcony and features Tuscan columns and turned balusters. The doors are slightly recessed and have leaded-glass lights. There are additional entrances on the west facades through three-light wood doors. The predominant window type is one-over-one, double-hung wood sash. On the east facade, there are oriel windows supported by brackets. The external brick chimneys have corbeled tops. Significance: This property was owned for nearly 12 years by leading Portland merchant and banker, Herman "Joe" Hirschberg. A native of Germany, Hirschberg taught himself English by subscribing to the Oregonian. In 1919, Hirschberg, already a prosperous merchant, organized and became president of the Independence National Bank, which later became the First National Bank. These four buildings are considered to be contributing within the district as good examples of Craftsman style multi-family residences and are therefore significant as part of the larger grouping of residential development that occurred in the Northwest neighborhood." Source: National Register nomination.