Bay E, West Ankeny Car Barns

Bay E, West Ankeny Car Barns
The south side (back) of the building in 2009
Locator map
Location of Ankeny Carbarns in central Portland
Location 2706 NE Couch St.,
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates 45°31′23.6″N 122°38′16.7″W / 45.523222°N 122.637972°WCoordinates: 45°31′23.6″N 122°38′16.7″W / 45.523222°N 122.637972°W
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1911
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 78002307[1]
Added to NRHP October 10, 1978

The West Ankeny Car Barns Bay E is a former streetcar carbarn in Portland, Oregon, that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Completed in 1911,[1][2] it was one of three buildings comprising the Ankeny Car Barns complex[3] of the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company (PRL&P), the owner and operator of Portland's streetcar system at the time. By 1978, the brick building had become the only surviving structure from the Ankeny complex and one of only two surviving remnants of carbarn complexes of the Portland area's large street railway and interurban system of the past, the other being the PRL&P's Sellwood Division Carbarn Office and Clubhouse.[2]

The original Ankeny carbarn was built in 1892 by the City and Suburban Railway Company, one of PRL&P's predecessors. It was located at 24th and East Burnside, but after fire destroyed it in 1894 it was rebuilt at 28th and East Burnside,[4] on the east side of 28th. The complex was expanded in 1901 and 1910 through the construction of additional buildings, including Bays D and E, located west of 28th Avenue between Burnside and Couch streets. The building known then as Bay E was last used by streetcars in the early 1950s and was sold in 1954 to Bitar Brothers.[2] It was eventually converted into an office building,[5] and is known as the Burnside Trolley Building (with address of 2705 E. Burnside Street).[6]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 42. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Alfred M. Staehli (March 2, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Bay E, West Ankeny Car Barns" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ Thompson, Richard H. (2006). Portland's Streetcars. Arcadia Publishing. p. 113. ISBN 0-7385-3115-4. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  4. ↑ Labbe, John T. (1980). Fares, Please! Those Portland Trolley Years. Caldwell, Idaho (US): The Caxton Printers. p. 90. ISBN 0-87004-287-4.
  5. ↑ Leeson, Fred (June 10, 2009). "Portland's streetcar architecture — past becomes future". The Oregonian. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  6. ↑ Graves, Mark (August 8, 2012). "Wednesday Industry Notes: Real estate transactions and beverage news for Aug. 8". The Oregonian. Retrieved December 26, 2014.