Spalding Building

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Spalding Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Spalding Building.
Location:	319 SW Washington Street Portland, Oregon
Coordinates:	45°31′11″N 122°40′30″W / 45.51972, -122.675Coordinates: 45°31′11″N 122°40′30″W / 45.51972, -122.675
Built/Founded:	1911
Architect:	Cass Gilbert
Architectural style(s):	skyscraper
Added to NRHP:	October 7, 1982
NRHP Reference#:	82001513 [1]
Governing body:	Private

The Spalding Building, formerly the Oregon Bank Building is a historic office building in downtown Portland, Oregon on the northwest corner of SW 3rd Avenue and Washington Streets. Since 1982, it has been on the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]

Architect Cass Gilbert worked on the American Renaissance-style Spalding building while also working on the Woolworth Building in New York City. Completed in 1911, it was considered a skyscraper.^[3]

The 103,824 square foot building^[4] contains 12 above-ground floors, and its construction mimics a classical column: A base, a shaft, and a capital.^[5]

[edit] References

1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
2. ^ National Register of Historic Places: Multnomah County, Oregon, pg. 9. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
3. ^ King, Bart: An Architectural Guidebook to Portland, pg. 145. Gibbs Smith, 2001
4. ^ Multnomah County Assessor. Assessor Information on PortlandMaps.com
5. ^ Emporis: Spalding Building. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.

[edit] See also

• Architecture in Portland, Oregon
• List of Registered Historic Places in Multnomah County, Oregon

[edit] External links

• Spalding Building (Emporis)

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