Wheeldon Annex (Portland, Oregon)
- Title
- Wheeldon Annex (Portland, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Historic buildings
- Alternative
- Herman Hotel Apartments (Portland, Oregon); Winter Apts (Portland, Oregon); Fountain Place Apartments (Portland, Oregon)
- Creator
- MacNaughton, Ernest B. Raymond, Herbert E.
- Photographer
- Minor, Kristen
- Description
- Constructed in two distinct phases in 1911, the Fountain Place Apartments were originally named the Wheeldon Annex. The building occupies a quarter-block lot in downtown Portland, Oregon, at the corner of SW Salmon Street and SW 10th Avenue. The Wheeldon Annex is one of the earliest surviving examples of a U-shaped residential apartment/hotel in downtown Portland. It is a 5-story, 45,580-square foot brick structure with intact Italian Renaissance Revival features, such as a decorative bracketed cornice, a buff brick body with corbeled details and rusticated base, and an upper level treated as a paneled frieze. Character-defining wood double-hung multi-pane windows have been retained throughout and appear to be well maintained. Alterations to the exterior have been quite minimal, and include the abandonment and alteration of the door on the Salmon Street facade of the west wing; the alteration of the main door, steps and railing; the removal of some decorative brick elements in the courtyard; and the alteration of some windows. The interior of the Wheeldon Annex has good integrity; although many of the eighty units have been altered or divided, the general layout with U-shaped double-loaded corridors at every floor remains, and many units still contain at least some original features, materials, and layouts. These include primary rooms with original oak flooring and in some cases, the original built-in furniture with pull-out beds and fold-down desks; kitchens with wood cabinetry and trim; and bathrooms with claw_foot tubs and built-in ventilation and cabinetry. While many units have been divided, the alterations (primarily in the mid-1930s but continuing into the 1990s) have generally left original features in place. The building therefore overall retains a high level of integrity.
- View
- exterior: east elevation, camera looking west from roof of adjoining building
- Style Period
- Renaissance Revival
- Work Type
- apartment hotels dwellings, multiple
- Date
- 1911
- View Date
- 2019-08
- Identifier
- OR_MultnomahCounty_WheeldonAnnex_0004
- Rights
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Dc Rights Holder
- Oregon. State Historic Preservation Office
- Source
- Oregon. State Historic Preservation Office
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 45,580 square feet
- Material
- concrete, brick, asphalt
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Citation
- Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/