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LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address: historic name:African American Resources in Portland, Oregon from 1851 to 1973 MPD
Portland, Multnomah County current/other names:Black Historic Resources
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr: twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:mpd height (stories): total elig resources: total inelig resources:
elig evaluation: eligible/significant NR Status: Listed MPD
prim constr date:c. second date: date indiv listed:07/01/2020
primary orig use: orig use comments:
second orig use:
primary style: prim style comments:
secondary style: sec style comments:
primary siding: siding comments:
secondary siding:
plan type: architect:
builder:
comments/notes:
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In: Type of Grouping Date Listed Date Compiled
   African American Resources in Portland, Oregon from 1851 to 1973 MPS 07/01/2020 2020
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed: 07/01/2020
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:
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