This building was the second of three similarly-Italianate buildings built in Portland by prolific local architect A.E. Doyle's firm. The project's primary designer, Charles K. Greene, worked on the trio of Italianate Doyle-commissioned buildings in Portland: the smaller Bank of California Building (also completed in 1924), the Pacific Building, and the Public Service Building (a skyscraper completed in 1928). A young Pietro Belluschi started his career with A.E. Doyle working on this building, and later in it. Upon its opening in 1926, Doyle moved his firm's headquarters into the Pacific Building.[4]
The lobby of the 10-story building was designed by Belluschi, and connected to Portland's first underground parking garage.[5] The connection to the parking garage was lost in 2000 when the former bus station to the south (which sat on top of the garage) was torn down and replaced by an annex to the nearby Hilton Hotel. Architecturally, the Pacific Building appears to combine the Chicago School with Italian Renaissance architecture. The red tile roof and dormers combine with geometric windows that are almost flush with the facade to achieve this effect.[6]
The lot upon which the Pacific Building stands is across Yamhill Street from Pioneer Courthouse, in the heart of downtown Portland. The entire lot once was the grounds of the Henry Corbett mansion (built 1875), which remained until construction began on the Pacific Building. Corbett's widow kept a cow on the grounds at one time while a major city grew around it. This juxtapositioning of the old and new earned the lot a nickname: "The Million Dollar Cowpasture".[4]
pacific, building, portland, oregon, pacific, building, historic, office, building, downtown, portland, oregon, united, states, been, listed, national, register, historic, places, since, march, 1992, pacific, buildingu, national, register, historic, placesport. The Pacific Building is a historic office building in downtown Portland Oregon United States It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 5 1992 3 The Pacific BuildingU S National Register of Historic PlacesPortland Historic Landmark 2 The Pacific Building in 2007Location520 SW Yamhill StreetPortland OregonCoordinates45 31 05 N 122 40 43 W 45 518128 N 122 678535 W 45 518128 122 678535Arealess than one acreBuilt1926ArchitectA E Doyle amp AssociatesArchitectural styleRenaissanceNRHP reference No 92000091 1 Added to NRHPMarch 5 1992 This building was the second of three similarly Italianate buildings built in Portland by prolific local architect A E Doyle s firm The project s primary designer Charles K Greene worked on the trio of Italianate Doyle commissioned buildings in Portland the smaller Bank of California Building also completed in 1924 the Pacific Building and the Public Service Building a skyscraper completed in 1928 A young Pietro Belluschi started his career with A E Doyle working on this building and later in it Upon its opening in 1926 Doyle moved his firm s headquarters into the Pacific Building 4 The lobby of the 10 story building was designed by Belluschi and connected to Portland s first underground parking garage 5 The connection to the parking garage was lost in 2000 when the former bus station to the south which sat on top of the garage was torn down and replaced by an annex to the nearby Hilton Hotel Architecturally the Pacific Building appears to combine the Chicago School with Italian Renaissance architecture The red tile roof and dormers combine with geometric windows that are almost flush with the facade to achieve this effect 6 The lot upon which the Pacific Building stands is across Yamhill Street from Pioneer Courthouse in the heart of downtown Portland The entire lot once was the grounds of the Henry Corbett mansion built 1875 which remained until construction began on the Pacific Building Corbett s widow kept a cow on the grounds at one time while a major city grew around it This juxtapositioning of the old and new earned the lot a nickname The Million Dollar Cowpasture 4 See also editArchitecture of Portland Oregon National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland OregonReferences edit National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service July 9 2010 Portland Historic Landmarks Commission July 2010 Historic Landmarks Portland Oregon XLS retrieved November 13 2013 National Register of Historic Places Multnomah County Oregon pg 4 Retrieved 2007 08 16 a b King Bart 2001 An Architectural Guidebook to Portland p 12 Gibbs Smith Emporis Pacific Building Archived from the original on June 3 2007 Retrieved 2007 08 16 King Bart 2001 An Architectural Guidebook to Portland p 11 Gibbs Smith External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pacific Building Pacific Building Emporis Portals nbsp Architecture nbsp National Register of Historic Places nbsp Oregon Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pacific Building Portland Oregon amp oldid 1146047362, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
