Touring the Central Eastside of Portland

The Templeton Building is unique in that the main entrance for retail and offices is directly off the Burnside Bridge approach while the floor and basement below the bridge level were used for warehousing and a direct connection to a rail line.

Built for Guerilla Development and designed by FFA Architecture, the two towers contain both office and retail spaces and are connected by sky bridges.

After many years of use as a storage facility with spaces for local artists, the building was creatively repurposed as offices in 2016.

In the days before direct dial phones, San Francisco-based Pacific Telephone & Telegraph employed their in-house architect, Cantin, to design this and several other uniquely styled telephone exchange buildings up and down the West Coast.

United Parcel Service and then a local auction gallery were the primary tenants before the building was transformed into office and retail space in the 2000s.