Mural painting and decoration -- Conservation and restoration -- Oregon -- Portland
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Lovejoy Columns restoration and relocation records
Collection
Identifier: Coll 931
Abstract
Records, photographs, and ephemera related to efforts to conserve and relocate the Lovejoy Columns. The Lovejoy Columns were ten pillars for the Lovejoy Viaduct in Portland, Oregon, that were painted by Greek American Tom E. Stefopoulos from 1948 to 1952. When the Lovejoy viaduct was demolished in 1999, local artists, including members of the architectural collective Rigga, successfully campaigned for these pillars to be left intact. In 2005, two of the columns were relocated to Elizabeth...
Dates:
1964-2006; Majority of material found within 1998-2005