Spalding Building

The Spalding Building, formerly the Oregon Bank Building, is a historic office building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States on the northwest corner of SW 3rd Avenue and Washington streets. Since 1982, it has been on the National Register of Historic Places.[4][3]

Spalding Building
Portland Historic Landmark[1]
The Spalding Building in 2015
Spalding Building is located in Portland, Oregon
Spalding Building
Spalding Building is located in Oregon
Spalding Building
Spalding Building is located in the United States
Spalding Building
Location319 SW Washington Street
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates45°31′11″N 122°40′30″W
Built1911
ArchitectCass Gilbert
NRHP reference No.82001513 [2]
Added to NRHPOctober 7, 1982[3]

Architect Cass Gilbert worked on the American Renaissance-style Spalding building while also working on the Woolworth Building in New York City. Completed in 1911, it was considered a skyscraper.[5]

The 103,824-square-foot (9,645.6 m2) building[6] contains 12 above-ground floors, and its construction mimics a classical column: A base, a shaft, and a capital.[7]

In spring 2016, Squarespace, a website-design company based in New York City, moved its Portland office to the Spalding Building, in newly renovated space used by around 150 employees.[8]

See also

References
  1. Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved November 13, 2013.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  3. "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  4. "National Register of Historic Places: Multnomah County, Oregon, pg. 9". nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com [private]. Retrieved July 28, 2007.
  5. King, Bart: An Architectural Guidebook to Portland, pg. 145. Gibbs Smith, 2001
  6. Multnomah County Assessor. Assessor Information on PortlandMaps.com
  7. "Emporis: Spalding Building". Archived from the original on February 6, 2007. Retrieved July 28, 2007.
  8. Rogoway, Mike (August 24, 2016) [online date August 22]. "Rounded individuals fit easily into this Squarespace". The Oregonian. pp. B13, B15. Retrieved August 27, 2016.


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