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NR Nomination
Inventory Form
LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:
1203-1249 Commercial St
historic name:
Astor Building
Astoria, Clatsop County
current/other names:
Liberty Theater
assoc addresses:
314-382 12th St; 1228-1250 Duane St
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr:
twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:
8N 9W 8
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:
Building
height (stories):
2.0
total elig resources:
1
total inelig resources:
elig evaluation:
eligible/significant
NR Status:
Listed Individually & in Hist Distr
prim constr date:
1924
second date:
1925
date indiv listed:
09/07/1984
primary orig use:
Theater
orig use comments:
second orig use:
primary style:
Mediterranean Revival
prim style comments:
secondary style:
sec style comments:
primary siding:
Concrete: Other/Undefined
siding comments:
secondary siding:
Stucco
plan type:
architect:
Bennes, John & Herzog, Harry
builder:
Makela, Henry
comments/notes:
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In:
Type of Grouping
Date Listed
Date Compiled
Astoria Downtown Historic District (1883-1947)
Listed Historic District
06/22/1998
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed:
09/07/1984
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date:
106 Project(s)
SHPO Case
Date
Agency Effect Eval
10/03/2001
no adverse effect
Special Assessment
Status
Term
End Yr
Closed
1st
1997
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)
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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:
