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frames the bronze gates of the main entrance, located in the central arch of the five tall arches. For many years, this was the building's only entrance. However, in 1977, during work to modify the building for non-banking uses, a second entrance was built in the northernmost arch of the main façade,
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situated between the first (ground) and second floors. At the time of the building's opening in 1925, the windowless third floor was not fully outfitted for use, and was planned to be "held in reserve" until then-anticipated expansion of the bank's business in
Portland created a need for additional
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passes in front of the building. During the mall's construction in 1976–77 the plain cement sidewalk in front of the building was resurfaced in brick, and street trees were added. A large shelter for the new bus stop that was installed there at that time was removed when the mall was rebuilt in
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was added to the building's north end; this addition was the only substantial alteration to the building's exterior between its completion in 1925 and its nomination to the
National Register in 1978. The drive-up window was removed in 1977, after the building's use as a bank ended. In 1980, the
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acquired and absorbed that institution in 1905, the branch became the first Bank of
California branch in Portland. In 1924, officers of the bank approved plans to construct a new building for the Portland branch. Since about 1894, it had been located at Third and
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parking lot gave way to a new 13-story office building known as the TN Building. It was converted into a 16-story hotel in 2008, the
Marriott-owned Courtyard Portland City Center, leaving the north façade hidden from view again.
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has stood in front of the building, near the corner of 6th and Stark. The Bank of
California Building stands directly across 6th Avenue from another A. E. Doyle-designed bank building, the
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exposed north façade was resurfaced in cast terracotta in a pattern simulating that of the west and south façades. A surface parking lot took the Fenton
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bus-stop shelter that stood in front of the building for 30 years. The lettering on the main façade at that time was for Bidwell & Co. (which had moved out in 2004).
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style and completed in 1925. The ground floor features a two-story-high grand room with 36-foot (11 m) ceilings. The building's original owner and occupant, the
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work space. It was eventually equipped "as a lounge, library, and recreation space for the bank's employees". A basement was also included. It housed the
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after that company moved into the building. The structure was added to the
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