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Architecture

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 151 Collections and/or Records:

Lawrence & Holford architectural records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3019
Abstract

Blueprint plans and illustrations of buildings designed by the architectural firm Lawrence & Holford, which operated in Portland, Oregon, in the 1910s and 1920s. The firm was later named Lawrence, Holford, Allyn & Bean, and then Lawrence, Holford & Allyn.

Dates: 1914-1928

Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition Forestry Building plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3110
Abstract

Collection consists of 1 drawing on 1 sheet of the Forestry Building for the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon. The building was described as the world's largest log cabin or the Timber Temple. It was constructed of unhewn logs, the largest of which were 54 feet long and five feet wide, and inside were exhibits of wildlife dioramas and Oregon forest products.

Dates: 1904-1905

Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 261
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs of personnel, buildings, grounds, and events at the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon. The album belonged to William Russell MacKenzie, auditor of the exposition.

Dates: 1905

Cicero Hunt Lewis residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 552
Abstract

Small collection of black and photographs and one drawing of the exterior and interior of the Cicero Hunt Lewis house at NW 19th and Glisan St. in Portland, Oregon. Lewis (1826-1897) emigrated to Portland, Oregon, in 1851. He founded a mercantile firm, Allen and Lewis, with Lucius H. Allen.

Dates: circa 1890-1910

Lloyd Corporation building sketch

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3060
Abstract

Collection consists of 1 color rendering on 1 sheet by the Austin Co. of a building for the Lloyd Corporation in Portland, Oregon. The building includes a theatre, office, and store.

Dates: 1927

Lord & Schryver Conservancy collection on landscapes at Gaiety Hollow and Deepwood Estate

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 300
Abstract The collection consists of two reports and supporting materials, produced in 2012, that relate to landscape design and rehabilitation at Gaiety Hollow and the Deepwood Estate in Salem, Oregon. Both sites are associated with Salem landscape architects Elizabeth Lord (1887-1976) and Edith Schryver (1901-1984). The reports are titled "Gaiety Hollow Cultural Landscape Report" and Historic Deepwood Estate: Preservation Project." Lord and Schryver founded the first landscape architecture firm in...
Dates: 2012

A. H. Maegly residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 719
Abstract

Fourteen black and white photographs of the exterior and interior of the A. H. Maegly house at 226 SW Kingston Ave. in Portland, Oregon, including its construction in 1914-1915. Also includes portraits of A. H. Maegly and wife.

Dates: circa 1890-1980

Morris Marks residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 717
Abstract

Fourteen black and white photographs of the exterior of the Morris Marks house at 1501 SW Harrison St. in Portland, Oregon. The house, built in 1882 for a Portland, Oregon shoe and boot merchant, was originally located at 321 SW 9th St. It was moved multiple times, and was at 1501 SW Harrison Street and belonged to Wallace K. Huntington at the time the photographs in this collection were taken.

Dates: circa 1965-1977

Willard K. Martin architectural illustrations

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 897
Abstract

Ink illustrations of historic buildings in Portland, Oregon; Astoria, Oregon; Forest Grove, Oregon; and Salt Lake City, Utah, by the architect Willard K. Martin (1930-1985). Martin was a Portland-based architect who was most known for his role in designing Pioneer Courthouse Square.

Dates: 1969-1975

Materials relating to the exhibit "Matri/Archs: pioneering women architects of Oregon"

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 290
Abstract Materials compiled by the Women in Architecture Committee of the Portland, Oregon, chapter of the American Institute of Architects for a 1992 exhibit titled "Matri/Archs: Pioneering Women Architects of Oregon." The exhibit documented the lives and careers of thirteen architects. Materials in the collection include introductory text for the exhibit, biographical and career information about the featured architects, transcripts of oral history interviews, and copies of two university theses on...
Dates: 1975-2012