Wells Fargo Building (Portland, Oregon) Explained

Wells Fargo Building
Alternate Names:Porter Building
US National Bank Building
Location:309 SW 6th Avenue
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates:45.5216°N -122.6776°W
Map Type:USA Portland downtown
Start Date:1905
Completion Date:1907
Building Type:Commercial offices
Roof:56.4m (185feet)
Floor Count:12
Floor Area:20903square feet
Architect:Benjamin Wistar Morris III
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Designated Other1 Name:Portland Historic Landmark[1]
Designated Other1 Color:lightgreen
Refnum:86002839
Architecture:Neo-Renaissance
Added:October 9, 1986
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The Wells Fargo Building is a historic office building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The large doorstep at the building's entryway required the largest slab of granite ever shipped to Portland at the time.[3] Completed in 1907, the steel-framed building is considered the city's first true skyscraper. At 12 stories and with a height of 182feet,[4] it was the tallest building in Portland[2] (and indeed in all of Oregon), exclusive of towers,[4] and remained so for four years. The clock tower of the 1892-completed Oregonian Building, which measured 194feet in height, made that building the tallest in the city overall.[4]

In 1946,[5] the building was purchased by the United States National Bank of Portland, whose headquarters was located in a smaller building located directly adjacent, immediately to the south. U.S. National Bank used the Wells Fargo Building to expand its downtown Portland headquarters.[6]

In 1986, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.[7]

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  2. Web site: Emporis building ID 122629 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061755/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/122629 . dead . March 4, 2016 . Emporis.
  3. Book: King, Bart . 25 . An Architectural Guidebook to Portland . Salt Lake City . Gibbs Smith . 2001 . 9780879059910.
  4. http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1910-02-06/ed-1/seq-48/ "Yeon Skyscraper Starts March 10"
  5. "$875,000 Annex for U. S. National; Porter Building Pioneers City's Steel Construction". (September 26, 1946). The Oregonian, p. 18.
  6. News: Pratt. Gerry. Bank Offers Bonus: New Life to Old Area. The Oregonian. October 28, 1970. 38.
  7. Web site: Oregon National Register List. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. 42. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425031913/https://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf. April 25, 2018. dead. June 6, 2011. August 7, 2023.