Portland Building

  • Also Known As: Portland Municipal Services Building

  • Address: 1120 SW 5th Ave
  • Vicinity: SW Main St
  • Neighborhood of Downtown in Portland
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Portland Building is a Postmodern style municipal building in Portland, Oregon. With her tridant in hand, a 30 foot tall, copper, sculpture of Portlandia by Raymond Kaskey watches over the entrance. - AsNotedIn


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1982/00/00 Emery Roth and Sons Architect Designed by Michael Graves, the Portland Building is built as administrative offices for the City of Portland.
1982/10/02 Michael Graves Architect Erected by the Hoffman Construction Company, the Portland Municipal Services Building, the first major postmodern tall office building, opens.
1985/10/06 Raymond Kaskey Sculptor "Portlandia", copper statue by Raymond Kaskey, is installed above the entrance of Michael Graves' Portland Building in downtown Portland, Oregon. Portlandia

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Particulars for Portland Building:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Government Office
Building Style Office Building
Art Movement Postmodern



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

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Registry Number: 11000770
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