Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Oregon - Multnomah County - Vacant / Not In Use
Multnomah County Oregon (Vacant / Not In Use) has 39 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Kamm, Jacob, House, Poulsen, Johan, House and US Post Office--St. John's Station, Albers Brothers Milling Company and Alphabet Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Multnomah County historic places including Wise, Dr. Jonah, et al., John S. Honeyman, George B. Markle, Adams, Charles F. and et al..

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Multnomah County places including Marion Stokes, L. Therkelsen, W.W. Piper, Joseph Jacobberger, Jacobberger & Smith, Sutton & Whitney, Frederick A. Fritsch, Hendricks & Tobey, James D. Schuyler and Emil Schacht. Prominent architectural styles found in Multnomah Country are Early Commercial, Colonial Revival and Queen Anne.

Albers Brothers Milling Company (added 1984 - - #84000480)
1118-1130 Front Ave. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Processing
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Alphabet Historic District (added 2000 - - #00001293)
Also known as Portland Nob Hill Historic District, Portland West EndHistoric District
Roughly bounded by NW Lovejoy St., NW Marshall St., NW 17th Ave., W. Burnside St., and NW 24th Ave. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bell, William B., et.al.
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne
Historic Person:
Adams, Charles F., et al., Wise, Dr. Jonah, et al.
Area of Significance:
European, Social History, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Civic, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Social, Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Business, Civic, Professional, Professional, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Blake McFall Company Building (added 1990 - - #90000371)
Also known as Emmett Building
215 SE. Ankeny St. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
MacNaughton & Raymond
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Warehouse
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Calumet Hotel (added 1984 - - #84003073)
Also known as Esquire Hotel
620 SW Park St. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Jacobberger,Jacob
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Campbell Court Hotel (added 2008 - - #08000559)
Also known as Campbell Court Hotel
1115 SW 11th Ave , Portland
Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Gordon, Herbert
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Clarke--Woodward Drug Company Building (added 2000 - - #89000121)
Also known as Clawood Building
911 NW. Hoyt , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Medical Business/Office
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Commodore Hotel (added 1984 - - #84003076)
1609 SW Morrison St. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Brookman,Herman
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Gatehouse, Portland City Reservoir No. 2 (added 1990 - - #90000834)
6007 SE. Division St. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Schuyler,James D., Smith,Isaac W.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Water Works
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Gerber, G.G., Building (added 2007 - - #07000922)
210 NW 11th Ave. , Portland
Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Hamilton Building (added 1977 - - #77001112)
529 SW 3rd Ave. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Whidden & Lewis
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Harlow Block (added 1980 - - #80003366)
Also known as The Park Hotel;Muckle Building
720--738 NW Glisan St. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Professional, Restaurant
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Hiberian Hall (added 2005 - - #05000826)
Also known as Grace Collins Community Center, American Legion Hall
128 NE Russell , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Hill Hotel (added 1995 - - #95000690)
Also known as Campbell Hotel;Campbell-Hill Hotel;Victorian Inn
2255--2261 Burnside St. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ewart, Alexander C.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Honeyman, John S., House (added 1985 - - #85003436)
Address Restricted , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italian Villa
Historic Person:
Honeyman,John S.
Significant Year:
1879
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Hotel Alma (added 2009 - - #09000706)
Also known as Hotel Tait;Hotel Georgian;, Majestic Hotel
1201-1217 SW Stark St. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
International Harvester Company Warehouse (added 1989 - - #89000088)
Also known as Southern Pacific Railroad Company Warehouse
79 SE Taylor , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Warehouse
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Jefferson Substation (added 1980 - - #80003368)
37 SW Jefferson St. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hurley Mason Co.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Kamm, Jacob, House (added 1974 - - #74001708)
1425 SW 20th Ave. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Therkelsen,L., Piper,W.W.
Architectural Style:
Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Kennedy, John D., Elementary School (added 1995 - - #88003472)
5736 NE Thirty-third St. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Naramore,Floyd A.
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Kenton Hotel (added 1990 - - #90001522)
Also known as Bailey and Bradford Hotel
8303--8319 N. Denver Ave. , Portland
Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Dyer & Company
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Knights of Columbus Building (added 1998 - - #90000830)
Also known as Aero Club Building
804 SW. Taylor St. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Whitehouse & Church, Jacobberger & Smith
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Clubhouse
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Lombard Automobile Buildings (added 2006 - - #05001553)
Also known as Overland Automobile Showroom, Oregon Motor Company Showroom
123-35 NW Broadway;134 NW 8th Ave. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Mann, Anna Lewis, Old People's Home (added 1992 - - #92001380)
1021 NE. 33rd Ave. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Whitehouse & Foulihoux
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Sanatorium
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Markle-Pittock House (added 1985 - - #85000368)
Also known as Pittock House
1816 SW Hawthorne Terr. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Jacobberger & Smith
Architectural Style:
Other, Queen Anne, Tudor Revival
Historic Person:
Markle,George B.
Significant Year:
1928, 1889
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Mount Hood Masonic Temple (added 2008 - - #08000473)
Also known as Mount Hood Masonic Lodge #157
5308 N. Commercial Ave. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sutton & Whitney
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
North Bank Depot Buildings (added 1996 - - #96000124)
Also known as Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company East and West Fr
1029--1101 NW. Hoyt St. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Palestine Lodge (added 2005 - - #05001149)
6401 S. E. Foster Rd. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Pearson Mortuary (added 2007 - - #07001261)
Also known as The Pearson Mortuary Church;Pearson & Co. Morticians, Pearson Company;Undertakers and Embalmers
301 NE Knott St. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Vogan, Louis
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Mortuary
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Portland General Electric Company Station "L" Group (added 1985 - - #85003090)
1841 S.E. Water St. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Portland General Electric Company
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Portland Police Block (added 1985 - - #85001185)
209 SW Oak St. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Schacht,Emil, Schacht,Emil & Son
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Portland Railway, Light and Power Sellwood Division Carbarn Office and Clubhouse (added 2002 - - #02000670)
Also known as Carmen's Clubhouse
8825 SE. 11th Ave. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Portland Thirteenth Avenue Historic District (added 1987 - - #87000888)
NW Thirteenth Ave. between NW Davis and NW Johnson Sts. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Knighton,William C., Strong and McNaughton
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, Manufacturing Facility, Warehouse
Poulsen, Johan, House (added 1977 - - #77001113)
3040 SE McLoughlin Blvd. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Rose City Electric Automobile Garage (added 1996 - - #96000122)
124 NW. Twentieth Ave. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children (added 1989 - - #89001869)
Also known as Old Shriners Children's Hospital
8200 NE. Sandy Blvd. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Fritsch,Frederick A., Sutton & Whitney
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital
Current Function:
Health Care, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Sanatorium
St. Johns Signal Tower Gas Station (added 2003 - - #03001186)
Also known as Hellman's Service Station; Hellman's Golden Eagle, Hellman's Chevron; Lombard Flowers
8302 N. Lombard St. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Becker, Ray F.
Architectural Style:
Moderne
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Swetland Building (added 2007 - - #07000367)
500 SW 5th Ave. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
US Post Office--St. John's Station (added 1985 - - #85000543)
8720 N. Ivanhoe St. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Stokes,Marion
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Villa St. Rose (added 2000 - - #00001427)
Also known as St. Rose Industrial School;Home of the Good Shepherd, Convent of the Good Shepherd;Rosemont School; et al
597 N. Dekum St. , Portland
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Jacobberger, Joseph, Litherland & Abrey Co.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Georgian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Educational Related Housing, School
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
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