Burnside Rocket (2021) by Architectural Heritage CenterArchitectural Heritage Center
Welcome to a staple Portland neighborhood!
Southeast Grand Avenue is a major street within Portland, featuring some of the city's oldest and most charismatic architecture. Find out for yourself why this is one of the most charming tours or Portland...
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The Osborn Hotel (1889)
This building is located at 203-207 SE Grand Ave.
Built for James Baylor, an East Portland real estate speculator, the origins of the Osborn name remain a mystery.
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The building has survived the widening of Grand Avenue, the removal of its corner rooftop tower, and several fires to stand as one of only a handful of pre-1900 buildings left in the area.
American Brush (2021) by Architectural Heritage CenterArchitectural Heritage Center
American Brush Co. (1909)
This building is located at 116 NE 6th Ave
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Harradon Candy Company
This building was originally built for the Harradon Candy Company and was purchased by the American Brush Co. in 1950.
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The large factory windows are typical of such a building from the early 20th century, as they allow for natural light and ventilation.
Burnside Rocket (2021) by Architectural Heritage CenterArchitectural Heritage Center
Burnside Rocket (2007)
This building is located at 1111 E Burnside St.
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This building was designed by architect Francis Dardis.
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It pays homage to the nearby and much older arcade-fronted buildings.
Jupiter (2021) by Architectural Heritage CenterArchitectural Heritage Center
Jupiter Hotel (1962)
This building is located at 800 E Burnside St.
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Opened as the Continental Motel in 1962, it later became the City Motel and after a major renovation, the Jupiter Hotel and Doug Fir Lounge in 2004.
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This mid-century motel was the work of Way W. Lee, a Portland-born Chinese American designer and builder.
Centenary Methodist (2021) by Architectural Heritage CenterArchitectural Heritage Center
Centenary Methodist Education Temple (1928)
This building is located at 215 SE 9th Ave.
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This building, with its crenelated and stepped parapet, originally housed a school run by the Centenary-Wilbur Methodist Episcopal Church.
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In the 1980s-1990s, the former school was home to the music venue Pine Street Theater, which hosted well-known music acts from around the century, like Nirvana, while also being the scene of intense fighting between racist skinheads and anti-racist activists.
Nu-Way Exterior (2021) by Architectural Heritage CenterArchitectural Heritage Center
Nu-Way Printing (1945)
This building is located at 306 SE 9th Ave.
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With a horizontal band of windows that wrap the two street-facing sides and a curvilinear corner at SE 8th and Pine, this building epitomizes the Streamline Moderne style of architecture.
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Built near the end of World War II, it was home to a wholesale automobile parts company and then an engine rebuilding firm before Nu-Way Printing acquired the building in 1966. Nu-Way closed in 2019.
Minor White Exhibit: Cast Iron Lion Head Doorway Lintel Ornament (2017) by Nina JohnsonArchitectural Heritage Center
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