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http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0204
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0174
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0205
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0206
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0207
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0169

LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address: historic name:Bonneville Dam Historic District (NHL)
Bonneville, Multnomah County current/other names:Bonneville Lock & Dam; Bonneville Hatchery, Central Hatchery
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr:[District] twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:2N 7E 21
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:District height (stories): total elig resources:6 total inelig resources:5
elig evaluation: eligible/significant NR Status: Natl Hist Landmark
prim constr date:1934 second date:1939 date indiv listed:04/09/1986
primary orig use: Fishing Facility or Site orig use comments:
second orig use: Energy Facility
primary style: Bungalow (Type) prim style comments:
secondary style: sec style comments:
primary siding: siding comments:
secondary siding:
plan type: architect:
builder:Coe
comments/notes:
Listed as NHL on 6/30/87. 12-29-2015 - Bonneville Dam is also affiliated with the WPA through the series of songs the Bonneville Power Administration commissioned of Woodie Guthrie, celebrating power development on the Columbia, under the auspices of the PWA. See "Woody Guthrie Circle," at BPA Headquarters. DJP
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In: Type of Grouping Date Listed Date Compiled
   Bonneville Dam Historic District (NHL) Listed Historic District 04/09/1986
   PWA Buildings and Structures (Public Works Administration) Thematic Grouping
Farmstead/Cluster Name:Bonneville Dam
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed: 04/09/1986
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date:
106 Project(s): None
Special Assess Project(s): None
Federal Tax Project(s): None
ARCHITECTURAL / PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
(Includes expanded description of the building/property, setting, significant landscape features, outbuildings and alterations)
Refer to scanned documents links.
HISTORY
(Chronological, descriptive history of the property from its construction through at least the historic period - preferably to the present)
Refer to scanned documents links.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Title Records Census Records Property Tax Records Local Histories
Sanborn Maps Biographical Sources SHPO Files Interviews
Obituaries Newspapers State Archives Historic Photographs
City Directories Building Permits State Library
Local Library: University Library:
Historical Society: Other Respository:
Bibliography:
The Dill Pickle Club, "Art for the Millions, The Enduirng Legacy of the WPA," Portland, OR, Eberhardt Press, 2010.