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Architecture

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 151 Collections and/or Records:

Good Samaritan Hospital plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3017
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1890-1899

Walter Gordon papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2699
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1962-1972

Harry A. Green residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 541
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1928-1951

Gus J. Solomon United States Courthouse construction photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 708
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1932-1933

Thom Hacker architectural papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 955
Abstract

Papers of the architect Thomas "Thom" Hacker (1941-2023), primarily architectural sketches and drawings relating to his projects. Hacker taught at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, in the 1970s, and later headed an architectural firm in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1964-circa 2016

George F. Hammond plans for American Chicle Co. warehouse in Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 3197
Abstract

Photocopies of plans by architect George F. Hammond of Cleveland, Ohio, for an American Chicle Company warehouse at Johnson and 14th streets (now NW Johnson Street and NW 14th Avenue) in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1908

Isaac Hodgson, Jr. architectural illustrations

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 3055
Abstract

Lithographic and watercolor illustrations depicting buildings in Portland, Oregon, designed by architect Isaac Hodgson, Jr., who worked in Portland during the early 1890s. The watercolors and one of the lithographs depict the Chamber of Commerce building; the other lithograph depicts the entrance to a proposed United Bank building.

Dates: 1891

Holtz Building construction photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 338
Abstract

Album containing 31 black and white photographs showing construction of the Holtz Building (now the Mead Building) at 421 SW 5th Ave. in Portland, Oregon, in 1911 and 1912. The building was designed by the architecture firm of Doyle, Patterson, & Beach, and was constructed by the Brayton Engineering Company.

Dates: 1911-1912

Robert M. Hood duplex plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3193
Abstract

Six plans and sections on 1 blueprint sheet for alterations to turn a house into a duplex for owner Robert M. Hood at 8415 SE 11th Ave. in Portland, Oregon. Drawn by architect B. W. Arnold.

Dates: 1952

Jackson Tower sketch

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3051
Abstract

Collection includes 1 rendering on 1 sheet of the Jackson Tower, also known as the Oregon Journal Building, on the southeast corner of SW Broadway Ave. and SW Yamhill St. in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1912