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Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • Portland Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • Hoffman Construction Company (builder/contractor)
  • A. William Rouzie (1924- )
  • David Pugh, Sr. (architect)
  • Skidmore Owings and Merrill (architecture firm)
  • W. Jack Gilstrap (architect, 1922- )
Creator
Date
  • 1960
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2009)
  • National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
View Date
  • 2009
Temporal
  • 1960-1969
MODS Note
  • This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.
Subject
Work Type
Style / Period
Location
Street Address
  • 1401 North Wheeler Avenue; 300 North Winning Street
Material
  • concrete; glass; metal; wood; plywood
Rights Holder
  • Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Identifier
  • OR_Multnomah_MemorialColiseum_nrnom.pdf
Source
Provenance
  • University of Oregon Libraries
Citation
  • Temko, Allan. "Portland's Great Hall of Glass." Architectural Forum 114, April 1961.
Institution
Submission Date
  • 05/04/2015
Modified
  • 08/12/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (04 May 2025). Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67rc33h

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 04 May 2025. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67rc33h

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2025-05-04. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67rc33h

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Hoffman Construction Company (Portland, Or.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96040481
2 Gilstrap, W. Jack http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/GilstrapWJack
3 Pugh, David, Sr. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/PughDavidSr
4 Rouzie, A. William http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/RouzieAWilliam
5 Skidmore, Owings and Merrill http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500045910
6 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
7 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
8 auditoriums http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300004394
9 No label found http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/workType/arenas
10 stadiums http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007271
11 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
12 floor plans (orthographic projections) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300034158
13 cultural centers (buildings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005135
14 recreation buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007193
15 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
16 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
17 architectural drawings (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300034787
18 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
19 plans (orthographic projections) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300034104
20 sports buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007250
21 International Style (modern European architecture style) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021472
22 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
23 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
24 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
25 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
26 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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