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Pacific Building (Portland, Oregon)

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The lobby of the 10-story building was designed by Belluschi, and connected to Portland's first underground parking garage. The connection to the parking garage was lost in 2000 when the former bus station to the south (which sat on top of the garage) was torn down and replaced by an annex to the
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mansion (built 1875), which remained until construction began on the Pacific Building. Corbett's widow kept a cow on the grounds at one time while a major city grew around it. This juxtapositioning of the old and new earned the lot a nickname: "The Million Dollar Cowpasture".
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started his career with A.E. Doyle working on this building, and later in it. Upon its opening in 1926, Doyle moved his firm's headquarters into the Pacific Building.
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architecture. The red tile roof and dormers combine with geometric windows that are almost flush with the facade to achieve this effect.
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This building was the second of three similarly-Italianate buildings built in Portland by prolific local architect
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nearby Hilton Hotel. Architecturally, the Pacific Building appears to combine the
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The lot upon which the Pacific Building stands is across Yamhill Street from
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Pacific Building (Portland, Oregon) is located in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
45°31′05″N 122°40′43″W / 45.518128°N 122.678535°W / 45.518128; -122.678535
A.E. Doyle
92000091
downtown
Portland
Oregon
National Register of Historic Places
A.E. Doyle
Bank of California Building
Public Service Building
Pietro Belluschi
Chicago School
Italian Renaissance
Pioneer Courthouse
Henry Corbett
Architecture of Portland, Oregon
National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland, Oregon
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon
"National Register of Historic Places: Multnomah County, Oregon, pg. 4"


"Emporis: Pacific Building"
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