Architecture

Collection includes 416 photocopy plans, elevations, schedules, sections and details on 53 sheets of a proposed restoration plan for portions of the fort at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver, Washington.

Oral history interview with Robert J. Frasca conducted by Charles Digregorio on July 18, 1978. Frasca discusses his career as an architect in Oregon, particularly his designs for the Oregon Historical Society building, and for the World Trade Center Portland.

Five color photographs of the exterior of the Frederick & Nelson building at 521 SW 5th Ave. in Portland, Oregon, taken during an inspection of the building's terracotta lion heads. Frederick & Nelson was a historic Seattle, Washington, department store founded in 1890 and acquired by Marshall Field & Company in 1929. Marshall Field acquired three Liberty House Stores in Portland and six Lipman's stores in Oregon, which were all converted to Frederick & Nelson stores.

Collection consists of 20 black and white photographs of the George Gay house near Hopewell, Oregon, the first brick building in Oregon. Photographs document the deterioration and ultimate ruin of the house, and also include images of a monument and replica.

Preliminary sketch of the Gilchrist Theatre in Gilchrist, Oregon, by architect Hollis Johnston.

Collection includes plan and rendering of the nurse's residence at Good Samaritan Hospital on NW 23rd Ave. and NW Marshall St. in Portland, Oregon.

Walter Gordon (born 1907) studied architecture at Princeton, Yale, and the University of Paris. He was a design consultant for the Portland Development Commission from 1962-1972. Collection includes design reviews for individual projects, correspondence, memos, drafts, and ephemera relating to Gordon's work with the commission.

Negatives, proof sheets, and prints from commercial photography projects by Portland, Oregon, photographer William Grand. The photographs date from 1953 to 1969, and subjects include graphic artist Charles Politz, artists Albert and Blanche Patecky, Equitable Savings and Loan buildings, the law school at Lewis & Clark College, and the construction of St. Vincent's Hospital.

Ten black and white photographs of the exterior, interior, ironwork, and grounds of the home of Harry A. Green at 3316 SE Ankeny St., Portland, Oregon. The house is more commonly known as the Bitar mansion.

Thirty-eight black and white photographs depicting construction of the Gus J. Solomon United States Courthouse in downtown Portland, Oregon. The courthouse was designed by architect Morris Whitehouse and built by Murch Brothers Construction Co.