Construction projects -- Oregon

Abstract Papers of Portland, Oregon, contractor Max W. Lorenz (1884-1952), a German-American immigrant who ran the Lorenz Brothers Construction Company with his brother Walter Lorenz, and who supervised the construction of Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood. Materials in the collection mostly relate to the Lorenz Brothers Construction Company. Items include a date book, a book of estimates, specifications for an office building, correspondence, and a Lincoln High School handbook that belonged to Lorenz's...

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Diaries, notebooks, and other papers of Joseph Paquet (1841-1924), an Oregon shipbuilder and construction contractor. Includes notes and specifications on steamboats active on the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Evan T. Phillips (1887-1961) was an estimator for George H. Buckler Company and vice president of Smith Phillips Company, both general contractors. Collection includes specification books, supplier directories, level book, and estimate books and sheets; catalogs and rosters; and blueprints for construction equipment. Also included are specifications for the Bonneville Dam, and specifications, sections, elevations and plans for the Vista St. Clair Apartments in Portland, Oregon.