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Inventory Form
Inventory Document

LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:621 SW Morrison St historic name:Northwestern National Bank Building
Portland, Multnomah County current/other names:Northwestern National Bank; American Bank Building American Bank Building
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr: twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:1N 1E 33
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:Building height (stories):15.0 total elig resources:1 total inelig resources:
elig evaluation: eligible/significant NR Status: Individually Listed
prim constr date:1913 second date: date indiv listed:09/12/1996
primary orig use: Financial Institute orig use comments:
second orig use:
primary style: Beaux Arts prim style comments:
secondary style: sec style comments:
primary siding: Terra Cotta: Other/Undefined siding comments:
secondary siding: Cast Iron
plan type: architect:Doyle & Patterson
builder:
comments/notes:
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In: Type of Grouping Date Listed Date Compiled
   Portland Downtown Glazed Terra Cotta Buildings Thematic Grouping 1980
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed: 09/12/1996
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date: 02/01/1980
Gen file date: 10/28/2015
106 Project(s)
SHPO Case Date Agency Effect Eval
05/01/2002 No Adverse Effect
Special Assessment
Status Term End Yr
Closed 1st  2011
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:
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