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NR Nomination
Inventory Form
LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:
1219 SW Park Ave
historic name:
Portland Art Museum
Portland, Multnomah County
current/other names:
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr:
twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:
1S 1E 4
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:
Building
height (stories):
2.0
total elig resources:
1
total inelig resources:
elig evaluation:
eligible/significant
NR Status:
Individually Listed
prim constr date:
1932
second date:
1939
date indiv listed:
12/31/1974
primary orig use:
Museum
orig use comments:
second orig use:
primary style:
Art Deco
prim style comments:
secondary style:
sec style comments:
primary siding:
Brick:Other/Undefined
siding comments:
secondary siding:
Stone:Other/Undefined
plan type:
architect:
Belluschi, Pietro
builder:
comments/notes:
12-29-2015 - The Portland Art Museum is affiliated with the WPA through its WPA photo collection and other WPA art works. DJP
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In:
Type of Grouping
Date Listed
Date Compiled
WPA Structures (Works Progress Administration)
Thematic Grouping
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed:
12/31/1974
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.
